As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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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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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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Welcome to a great time,
a time of prayer and praise.
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This is something
we've been doing for a couple
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of years now, I believe.
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And it's really been
a highlight of my year,
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a great way to start the year.
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And with this, this
prayer and praise emphasis
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is going to be on
the fruit of the Spirit
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and I believe that each
one of you possess that.
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You've shown...
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I've seen it in you
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and so we're going
to just praise and pray
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about the fruit of
the Spirit on our lives.
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Throughout Scripture God
expresses His desire for us
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to be like His
Son, Jesus Christ.
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And our prayer
and praise emphasis
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is on becoming more like Christ
by taking on His character,
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possessing the very traits
of Jesus and living them out,
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demonstrating them to the people
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we interact with every day.
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So let me ask
you all a question.
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Was there someone
that you wanted to be like
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when you were growing up,
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someone that
influenced you, anybody?
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Oh, sure, my dad.
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Everything I saw in
him is what I wanted to be
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and I'm still striving for that.
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Yeah. What did
you see in him that...
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Well, I saw love.
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Now my dad was,
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as far as
parents would talk today,
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he would be
considered very strict.
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But he was a very no nonsense
but things are very simple,
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Black and white,
weren't many gray areas.
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But look, the Lord put me
in charge so while I'm here,
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I'm going to do
what's best for you
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whether you like it or not.
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And so he said, "Hey,
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we can either
fight or love now."
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He said, "Take
me I'd rather love,
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you know, so why
don't we just get along
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and love one another
but I'm your parent."
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But what I saw was his
actions that no matter what,
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though he was over, you know,
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protecting us and watching
out, we didn't always like it.
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I saw that he loved us
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and would have
given his life for me.
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I knew that for
any of us we were poor,
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he was disabled at 36
years old so we didn't have...
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I was telling
Angie before the program,
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we had outside toilets.
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Now not very many
of you remember that.
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They called them
outhouses back then.
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So till I was
probably 10 or 11 years old
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we didn't have
inside bathroom at all.
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And then my Uncle
Vernon Johns built us one
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and that was a new experience
to actually have a bathtub
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in the house and instead
of the number nine washed up
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and all of that.
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But we all worked, we
all did what we could,
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but I saw my dad
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when he was able to make
quite a bit of money singing
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in the taverns and nightclubs
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after he had his heart
attack he could still do that.
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But I remember
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we wouldn't know where
our next meal was coming from
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and people would
knock on the door...
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I remember particularly a guy
knocked on the door and said,
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"Hey Tom, I need you.
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Can you for the next
two weekends sing at such
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and such tavern,"
because they had a band.
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My dad used to be in,
you know, had Tommy Shelton
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and Melody
Kings and my dad said,
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"No, I don't do that anymore."
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And he said, "Well look,
you can make $100 a weekend."
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That was like
tremendous amount of money.
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We didn't see
that much in a month.
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And so he said no,
"I'm sorry fellows.
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I'm serving the Lord and
I'm not going to go out."
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And the guy said, "Well,
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then don't you
care about your family?"
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Put him on a guilt trip,
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"Don't you care
about your family?
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If you care about your
family you'd provide for them.
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You're having a rough go."
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And my dad said, "You
know I trust God's going
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to provide, but I'm
not going to be that kind
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of a parent to
my sons or a husband
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and my wife that I just
give up on God that easily
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because I know God
has brought me this far.
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So, well, I
appreciate your offer,
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I'll never set
foot in another tavern."
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And he didn't,
but I saw him always,
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Tim, consistent and he
never wavered in his faith.
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When he was sick, he had heart
problems and he dealt with,
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probably took a
Nitro nearly every day,
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the last several
years of his life.
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He couldn't do much
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but he always
had a great attitude,
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he had a great sense of
humor, and he loved people
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and people loved him.
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So I looked up to him
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and what I didn't realize
till later it was the Jesus
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that I was drawn to him
and it's that God is love.
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Yeah. Well, you know what?
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That's enough right there.
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We could close this down
and I could learn everything
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that I need to know.
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So for those rest
of you who had someone
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that you wanted to be
like, just hold on to that
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because I just
want to sing this.
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I have one deep
supreme desire That
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I may be like Jesus
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To this I fervently aspire
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That I may be like Jesus
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I want my heart is thrown to be
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So that a watching world
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May see
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His likeness shinning forth
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In me
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I want to be
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like Jesus
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He spent His life in doing good
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I want
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To be like Jesus
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In lowly paths of service trod
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I want
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To be like Jesus
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He sympathized
with hearts distressed
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And He spoke the
words that cheered
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And blessed
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He welcomed sinners
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To His breast
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I want to be like
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Jesus
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A holy, harmless life He led
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I want to be like Jesus
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The Father's will
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His drink and bread
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I want
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To be like Jesus
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And when at last
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He comes to die
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'Forgive them,
Father,' hear Him cry
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For those who taunt
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And crucify
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And that's why I want to be
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Like Jesus
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So many traits and
characteristics of Christ
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that He displayed
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make me want to be like Him.
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And that song was
written by Thomas Chisholm
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and not a familiar
song to a lot of people.
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But he wrote another
song that is very familiar
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and it's another
trait of Christ that I think
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we can all sing together.
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And it says, Great
is thy faithfulness.
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Sing this at
home if you need it.
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Oh Great is Thy faithfulness
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O God my Father
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There is no shadow of turning
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With Thee
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Thou changes not
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Thy compassions they fail not
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As Thou hast been
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Thou forever wilt be
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Morning by morning new mercies
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I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Lord unto me
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Summer and winter
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And springtime and harvest Sun,
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Moon and stars
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In their courses above
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Join with all nature
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in manifold witness
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To Thy great faithfulness,
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Mercy and love Oh,
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Morning by morning new mercies
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I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Lord unto me
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How about, Yvonne? Would
you sing that next verse?
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Pardon for sin
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And a peace that endureth
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Thine own dear presence to cheer
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And to guide
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Strength for today
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and bright hope for tomorrow
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Blessings all mine,
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With ten thousand beside
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Morning by morning new mercies
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I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Lord unto me
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Praise the Lord. Amen.
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So let's just jump right
in and talk about the fruit
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of the Spirit and find out
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where God has proven Himself
in each one of these fruits
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and maybe we can
pray for our viewers
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regarding those fruit.
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Okay. So, Danny, you
want to start with love.
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Well, I think then we...
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If one of the fruits
and the first one it says,
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"Love" we should understand
a little bit about love.
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Where does love come from?
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So, I think the
only way we should do it,
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the best thing we
should do is go to the Bible.
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So I'm going to look at...
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I'm cheating here, I've got
my iPad or my Bible down here.
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But maybe you
want to turn with me
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and what I'm going to do is
put on my little glasses here,
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my dollar and a
half pair of glasses.
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1 John 4:7 says,
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"Beloved, let us love one
another for love is of God."
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Okay, we're
learning something, right?
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"And everyone that
loveth is born of God
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and knoweth God."
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Now, verse 8,
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"He that loveth
not knoweth not God."
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Now that's important.
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The very next word here
words, "For God is love."
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All right, again,
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"He that loveth not knoweth
not God, for God is love."
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Verse 9, "In this was manifested
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the love of God towards us
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because that God sent His
only begotten Son into the world
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that we might live through Him.
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Herein is love,
not that we loved God,"
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but look how important this is,
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"but that He loved
us and sent His Son
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to be a
propitiation for our sins.
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Beloved, if God so
loved us, we are also,
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Tim, to love one another.
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No man has seen God at any time.
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If we love one
another, God dwelleth in us
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and His love is perfected in us.
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Hereby we know that we
dwell in Him, and He in us
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because He hath
given us His Spirit.
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And we have seen and do testify
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that the Father sent His Son
to be the Savior of the world."
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Now we could just keep reading.
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I mean, we could just go on
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and on but this
pretty well sums it all up.
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Somebody asked, "Jesus, well,
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which is the
greatest commandment?"
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And He says and
I've got it here, Tim,
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in small print so
I'll leave my glasses on.
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In Matthew 22,
when Jesus was asked,
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"Which is the most
important commandment
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in the Law of Moses?"
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He replied, "You must
love the Lord your God
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with all your heart,
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all your soul and all your mind.
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This is the first and
greatest commandment."
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Then Jesus states a
second is equally important,
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"Love your
neighbor as yourself."
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So this is
really interesting to me
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because so many people...
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We know the devil
is the counterfeiter
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and he's out to
steal, kill and destroy
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but so many people want
to make void the law of God.
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They say, "Well,
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the Ten
Commandments are done away with.
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They were nailed to the cross."
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Because Jesus,
when they asked Jesus,
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He said, "There was
only two commandments,
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you know, love the Lord
your God with all your heart,
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soul and mind and love
your neighbors yourself."
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But when we really look into it,
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the first four
commandments is what?
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Love the Lord your
God with all your heart
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because every one of
them when we go down,
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and then the last six is,
love your neighbor as yourself.
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So once again, love is
of God because God is love.
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So I don't know any
other thoughts on that.
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He said, "He that
loveth knoweth..."
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I think he meant he that
loveth not knoweth not God
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because God is love.
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But love is not a natural thing
that's part of the problem.
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You know, it's been so
overused in our world today
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because people have
said, "I love your car.
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I love your hair. I
love that dish you just made.
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I love that food.
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I love my family."
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But that's a love that's
often based on preference
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for how we feel towards someone.
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But you know the Bible says,
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"Herein is the
love of God revealed."
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You know,
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Paul talks about it in Romans 5,
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"What has God's
love done for us?"
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And the Bible says, "In
that while we were yet sinners
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Christ died for us."
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That's a love
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that we don't really
understand, you know,
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scarcely will a
righteous man die for anyone.
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But God demonstrated
His love towards us,
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in that while we were yet
sinners Christ died for us.
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So if you think about
people that you would say,
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"Well, I'll put my life
on the line for that person."
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Would it be a criminal?
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No, it wouldn't be.
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We were all born
alienated from Christ.
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We were all born at odds
with the character of Christ,
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but we are who we are becoming
because of the love of Christ.
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So, Danny, when
you talked about that
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admiring your father,
that quality was in him.
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It's good to look
at the good people
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because we're not all there yet.
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Can I get an amen? Amen.
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You know we're
not all there yet.
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We're still in the journey.
We're still in the process.
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We are still in
the hand of the potter.
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He's still molding us,
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but it's good to know
that the hand of the potter
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is connected to the
potter, His loving hands.
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He doesn't break us
when we are fractured.
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He doesn't pour water on our
coal when it's about to go out.
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Those are the hands of love.
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And as parents,
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we're not natural
parents but we've raised nieces
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and nephews.
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But even if we didn't
that character of love,
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you could always
see it in somebody
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when it's displayed.
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And I've met people
that I've said, "Wow,
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you know, I thought
about that person this way
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but they are so loving
that they've just changed
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the way I feel about them."
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And, Tim, when
you sing that song,
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that first
song, it was powerful.
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I've never heard it
before. Yeah, beautiful song.
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But it does talk about the love
of Christ in a beautiful way.
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Look at the difference.
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And when I was a kid,
back then they started teaching
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not long before
that when we were kids,
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I won't look at everybody
else around maybe you and me
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when we were kids,
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they started
teaching evolution in school.
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And so I was just
thinking about the difference
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that love makes,
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think about in the
theory of evolution
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something just
happened and this happened.
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And, of course when
I was there younger,
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they started as a tadpole.
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We didn't have as
much science back then.
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They started to
tadpoles, started whatever,
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all these things or we
came in man through the years.
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There is no love in that,
so there was no hope for man.
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The difference is
and the Creator God
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who's
specifically, who willingly,
00:20:08.34\00:20:11.24
who decidedly said,
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"We're going to
create man," the Godhead,
00:20:14.01\00:20:16.04
"We're going to
create man in our image."
00:20:16.08\00:20:18.78
Now, what God creates,
He's going to take care of,
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He's going to bless
and He's going to...
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Since God is love,
and love is eternal,
00:20:24.59\00:20:27.89
now we can be
eternal but without love,
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without God, you're
just here and you're gone.
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I mean, this world
that's why it's such a mess.
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So many people don't understand,
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we're only here for a few years
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whether it's
60, 80 or 100 years,
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it doesn't make any difference.
00:20:42.84\00:20:44.17
I might have to say 110 or 120
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because now I
know people personally
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who are well over 100 years old,
00:20:47.38\00:20:49.21
still going strong
but that's short time.
00:20:49.24\00:20:52.65
But it's only long
enough for us to understand
00:20:52.68\00:20:56.69
the love of God, and
that He gave His Son.
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"For God so loved the world
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
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that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish
00:21:02.76\00:21:06.80
but have everlasting life."
00:21:06.83\00:21:09.36
So because of
God's love for fallen man
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that's why the
great plan of salvation.
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That's why it's so
amazing. That's why I'm not God.
00:21:14.87\00:21:17.64
I was just done
away with everybody.
00:21:17.67\00:21:19.01
They did that to
me, I cannot believe it.
00:21:19.04\00:21:21.11
Well, you're done,
00:21:21.14\00:21:22.48
you're through and
probably all of us would.
00:21:22.51\00:21:24.35
We can laugh about it,
00:21:24.38\00:21:25.71
but we would not
have that patience at all.
00:21:25.75\00:21:28.38
But God knowing the
beginning from the end said,
00:21:28.42\00:21:31.02
"You know what?
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It's worth it.
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I would die if
it's just for you, Tim.
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I would give my
life just for you."
00:21:36.36\00:21:38.39
And all of a sudden
you feel very special.
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You feel very, if I
can use the term, loved.
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You feel very loved.
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Does that make you
special in the world?
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No, but you're special to God.
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Does that mean
that you're never going
00:21:51.91\00:21:53.41
to have rainy
days on Mondays, right?
00:21:53.44\00:21:56.31
Did always let you
down as the song says,
00:21:56.34\00:21:58.85
that mean you won't have those
when you become a Christian?
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Absolutely not.
But you know what?
00:22:01.08\00:22:02.92
When you have the rainy
days, you have the storms,
00:22:02.95\00:22:05.45
you have the peace that
passeth all understanding.
00:22:05.49\00:22:08.36
Great peace have
they which love thy law
00:22:08.39\00:22:10.46
and nothing shall offend them.
00:22:10.49\00:22:12.56
Why, because you
have the love of God.
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Once you accept Jesus Christ,
00:22:15.23\00:22:17.27
His great sacrifice
on the cross of Calvary,
00:22:17.30\00:22:20.27
and you accept
that wow, He loved me.
00:22:20.30\00:22:22.70
I don't know why. I
don't understand it.
00:22:22.74\00:22:24.97
I know it more than anybody
what a terrible person I am.
00:22:25.01\00:22:27.81
Any of you that says you're not,
00:22:27.84\00:22:29.64
you need to get real
because you are none of us.
00:22:29.68\00:22:32.68
There's no good qualities
00:22:32.71\00:22:34.05
that we have at all
that we can offer anything.
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The Bible says,
"We're all as filthy rags
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in the sight of God."
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So once we see that...
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And then he says,
"If we confess our sins,
00:22:43.79\00:22:46.43
we realize we're
sinners, we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and just
to forgive us from our sins,
00:22:49.36\00:22:52.93
all of our sins," right?
00:22:52.97\00:22:54.50
"And to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness." Amen.
00:22:54.54\00:22:58.41
Now, all we have to do,
00:22:58.44\00:23:00.61
suddenly Jesus is our testimony,
00:23:00.64\00:23:03.85
He now lives within us.
00:23:03.88\00:23:05.21
That's Jesus. He's
the light of the world.
00:23:05.25\00:23:07.25
He says, "I, if I be
lifted up from this earth
00:23:07.28\00:23:09.45
will draw all men,"
that little word again,
00:23:09.48\00:23:12.29
"all men unto me."
00:23:12.32\00:23:13.66
Now, Ellen White
says, "Our greatest asset
00:23:13.69\00:23:16.26
is our own personal testimony
00:23:16.29\00:23:18.09
of what God has done for
us in us and through us."
00:23:18.13\00:23:21.40
So when we accept Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior,
00:23:21.43\00:23:23.93
you're accepting that love.
00:23:23.97\00:23:25.77
If you're
accepting the love of Jesus,
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.70
that love is going to shine out.
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If it's not, it's not real love.
00:23:29.24\00:23:31.57
It's a counterfeit.
And Christians are more...
00:23:31.61\00:23:34.64
I'm going to say this.
00:23:34.68\00:23:36.01
You know people may not...
00:23:36.04\00:23:37.38
They've been amen and
so forth but they may not.
00:23:37.41\00:23:39.41
But I think
Christians have done more harm
00:23:39.45\00:23:42.55
to the cause of God
than almost anybody on earth.
00:23:42.58\00:23:45.39
In the name of Christianity
00:23:45.42\00:23:46.89
millions of people were
killed in the Dark Ages,
00:23:46.92\00:23:49.52
millions, 50-75 million.
00:23:49.56\00:23:51.66
I don't know,
read the history on it,
00:23:51.69\00:23:53.53
Foxe's Book of
Martyrs, all of those.
00:23:53.56\00:23:55.40
We understand in the
name of Christianity,
00:23:55.43\00:23:57.37
if you don't do what I
say I'm going to kill you.
00:23:57.40\00:23:59.23
That's a misrepresentation
of God and His love.
00:23:59.27\00:24:03.34
This is the one that said
he spoke not a mumbling word.
00:24:03.37\00:24:06.01
This is a Savior
when He was there
00:24:06.04\00:24:08.04
could have called 10,000 angels
00:24:08.08\00:24:10.45
when He was on the
cross but He didn't do it.
00:24:10.48\00:24:15.02
Nails didn't
hold Him to the cross,
00:24:15.05\00:24:16.65
love held Jesus to the cross.
00:24:16.69\00:24:19.22
That's sweet.
00:24:19.25\00:24:21.09
Let's pray. Wow, I love that.
00:24:21.12\00:24:24.23
Father God, thank
You for that love,
00:24:24.26\00:24:27.00
such love that is
beyond comprehension
00:24:27.03\00:24:30.70
that You would
love such a sinner as I.
00:24:30.73\00:24:35.07
And, Father, I'm
praying that You would help us,
00:24:35.10\00:24:39.17
Your children to be people
00:24:39.21\00:24:41.64
who put love to action,
00:24:41.68\00:24:45.35
put feet on love,
00:24:45.38\00:24:47.88
to show love to one another
00:24:47.92\00:24:50.85
and that such love
would dissolve division
00:24:50.89\00:24:56.06
and would unite us.
00:24:56.09\00:24:57.63
Father, You are
the author of love
00:25:02.13\00:25:06.40
and when I think of
love, I think of relationships.
00:25:06.43\00:25:10.04
So, Father, I want to
just pray for marriages
00:25:10.07\00:25:13.27
and for those
to be strengthened.
00:25:13.31\00:25:18.11
Father, fill us
with care and attention
00:25:18.15\00:25:23.15
and desire
00:25:23.18\00:25:25.35
to get along
00:25:25.39\00:25:29.36
and let love just be
real in relationships
00:25:29.39\00:25:32.46
and marriages.
00:25:32.49\00:25:33.83
And I pray, Father,
for those who are facing
00:25:33.86\00:25:36.30
the dreadful
separation and divorce even.
00:25:36.33\00:25:40.20
Oh, God, I just ask
that You would comfort them
00:25:40.24\00:25:43.24
and that You would
by all means possible,
00:25:43.27\00:25:46.78
save the marriage.
00:25:46.81\00:25:48.54
God I know it's Your
will that we get along
00:25:48.58\00:25:50.91
and that we
00:25:50.95\00:25:55.12
reconcile with each other,
00:25:55.15\00:25:57.15
but it's just not
always the way things turn out.
00:25:57.19\00:26:01.39
So I ask, Father, that
You would be with those
00:26:01.42\00:26:04.29
who are going through
divorce and help them realize
00:26:04.33\00:26:08.53
that You still love them
00:26:08.56\00:26:10.37
and that they
are still Your child.
00:26:10.40\00:26:12.87
If they believe
in You, they are...
00:26:12.90\00:26:14.74
You are their Father and
You will walk through them
00:26:14.77\00:26:17.51
through the process.
00:26:17.54\00:26:19.77
Father God, just
wrap Your arms around them
00:26:19.81\00:26:23.85
and let them know
that they're loved.
00:26:23.88\00:26:25.31
And I just pray for families
00:26:25.35\00:26:27.02
and parents and
children, oh God.
00:26:27.05\00:26:29.78
The unity of family
00:26:29.82\00:26:31.15
is such a powerful
thing for this world,
00:26:31.19\00:26:33.25
a powerful
testimony of Your love
00:26:33.29\00:26:36.59
and so I just pray for
families that are watching
00:26:36.62\00:26:38.59
that in Jesus' name Your
love will shine through them.
00:26:38.63\00:26:41.76
Amen.
00:26:41.80\00:26:43.37
The love of God
00:26:43.40\00:26:45.67
How rich and pure
00:26:45.70\00:26:47.94
How measureless and strong
00:26:47.97\00:26:52.81
It shall forevermore endure
00:26:52.84\00:26:58.91
The saints' and angels' song
00:26:58.95\00:27:05.55
Yvonne, I believe or I
think we just need to move on
00:27:05.59\00:27:09.19
a little bit here
because you got to preach in...
00:27:09.22\00:27:11.59
All right, we'll do that then.
00:27:11.63\00:27:12.96
Could we with ink the ocean fill
00:27:12.99\00:27:16.80
And were the
skies of parchment made
00:27:16.83\00:27:23.34
Were every
stalk on earth a quill
00:27:23.37\00:27:28.28
Think of that.
00:27:28.31\00:27:29.64
And every man a scribe by trade
00:27:29.68\00:27:33.92
Take it, John.
00:27:33.95\00:27:35.78
To write the love
00:27:35.82\00:27:39.65
of God above
00:27:39.69\00:27:43.02
Would drain the ocean dry
00:27:43.06\00:27:49.56
Nor could the
scroll contain the whole
00:27:49.60\00:27:55.94
Come on now.
00:27:55.97\00:27:57.31
Though stretched from sky to sky
00:27:57.34\00:28:02.48
Sing it now.
00:28:02.51\00:28:04.01
Oh love of God
00:28:04.05\00:28:08.28
How rich and pure
00:28:08.32\00:28:12.05
How measureless
00:28:12.09\00:28:16.02
And strong
00:28:16.06\00:28:19.13
It shall
00:28:19.16\00:28:20.50
Forevermore endure
00:28:20.53\00:28:27.14
The saints'
00:28:27.17\00:28:28.60
And angels'
00:28:28.64\00:28:33.68
Song
00:28:33.71\00:28:35.84
Praise the Lord. What a verse.
00:28:35.88\00:28:37.78
Isn't that incredible? Yeah.
00:28:37.81\00:28:39.15
Amen. Yeah.
00:28:39.18\00:28:40.88
Yvonne, you want to
talk to us about joy?
00:28:40.92\00:28:45.45
You know, have you
ever been to churches
00:28:45.49\00:28:48.66
where everybody just looks like
they've been sucking on lemons?
00:28:48.69\00:28:52.83
Yes.
00:28:52.86\00:28:54.83
You know, when you know Jesus
00:28:54.86\00:28:58.60
and when you have a
relationship with Him,
00:28:58.63\00:29:00.40
you have joy.
00:29:00.44\00:29:02.17
We can laugh
and just feel joyful
00:29:02.20\00:29:07.94
because the joy of
the Lord is our strength.
00:29:07.98\00:29:11.71
And many times we
might not feel happy per Se,
00:29:11.75\00:29:16.32
but we can pull
from the joy of the Lord
00:29:16.35\00:29:20.32
because there are situations
00:29:20.36\00:29:23.89
where you might
feel really down.
00:29:23.93\00:29:26.26
You might have a
relative that has COVID
00:29:26.29\00:29:29.06
or has some kind
of terminal illness.
00:29:29.10\00:29:32.87
And it's like,
"How can I feel joy
00:29:32.90\00:29:36.07
when all around me
there's so much pain?"
00:29:36.10\00:29:40.78
We can have a sense of joy
00:29:40.81\00:29:44.78
because the joy of
the Lord is our strength.
00:29:44.81\00:29:49.28
You're right.
00:29:49.32\00:29:50.65
And so when you're
tempted to, kind of,
00:29:50.69\00:29:53.49
feel swallowed up by
what's going on around you,
00:29:53.52\00:29:57.79
just think about
the goodness of God.
00:29:57.83\00:30:01.43
Think about the
faithfulness of God,
00:30:01.46\00:30:03.80
think about how
He's brought you through
00:30:03.83\00:30:06.47
every situation in
the past and think about
00:30:06.50\00:30:09.54
everything that happens.
00:30:09.57\00:30:11.04
The Lord can turn a
trial into a triumph for you.
00:30:11.07\00:30:16.68
He will give you that joy.
00:30:16.71\00:30:18.41
I think about my grandmother,
my maternal grandmother.
00:30:18.45\00:30:24.02
I think about how
she was a missionary,
00:30:24.05\00:30:26.45
and she was a Bible instructor.
00:30:26.49\00:30:29.09
And she had just
00:30:29.12\00:30:33.40
the greatest sense of humor,
00:30:33.43\00:30:35.50
and she was so much fun.
00:30:35.53\00:30:37.47
And she watched her children
00:30:37.50\00:30:41.67
predeceased her
and in all of that,
00:30:41.70\00:30:47.18
she trusted God.
00:30:47.21\00:30:48.58
I watched her and I saw that,
00:30:48.61\00:30:51.71
in spite of all that
she was dealing with,
00:30:51.75\00:30:54.95
she still had
the joy of the Lord,
00:30:54.98\00:30:57.15
in spite of the pain.
00:30:57.19\00:30:58.85
And so that, for me,
00:30:58.89\00:31:01.09
has been a source
of inspiration knowing
00:31:01.12\00:31:04.09
that when you're going
through a really hard time,
00:31:04.13\00:31:07.46
you can still have joy,
00:31:07.50\00:31:09.40
you can still trust in the One
00:31:09.43\00:31:12.13
who can place
that joy in your heart.
00:31:12.17\00:31:15.40
Know that all things
work together for good
00:31:15.44\00:31:18.84
to those who love the
Lord and are called according
00:31:18.87\00:31:21.78
to His purpose.
00:31:21.81\00:31:23.14
You can have joy in
the midst of your pain,
00:31:23.18\00:31:26.41
in the midst of your sorrow.
00:31:26.45\00:31:28.65
You can put your head...
00:31:28.68\00:31:30.65
Sometimes I act like I'm
leaning on the Lord's shoulder.
00:31:30.69\00:31:34.69
You can put your head on
His shoulder and tell him,
00:31:34.72\00:31:39.33
"Lord, I just need Your joy."
00:31:39.36\00:31:41.63
And He will give it to you
because it's one of the fruit
00:31:41.66\00:31:44.73
of the Spirit.
00:31:44.77\00:31:46.10
He will give it to
you. It's beautiful.
00:31:46.13\00:31:50.61
I finally
understood a little bit of that
00:31:50.64\00:31:53.68
when I went to
have three years ago...
00:31:53.71\00:31:55.74
Well, more than
three and a half years ago,
00:31:55.78\00:31:58.55
open heart surgery.
00:31:58.58\00:32:00.35
And so, I'm sure
I've faced it many times
00:32:00.38\00:32:03.55
with God's
protection but this time
00:32:03.59\00:32:05.69
I really didn't know.
00:32:05.72\00:32:07.46
So when I was
there, and all of you came,
00:32:07.49\00:32:10.59
was there that morning.
00:32:10.63\00:32:12.03
I didn't know how to act
00:32:12.06\00:32:13.40
whether I go out
crying and screaming.
00:32:13.43\00:32:14.76
You know you don't
know, everybody says,
00:32:14.80\00:32:16.43
"Oh, I've got this or that."
00:32:16.46\00:32:17.93
You don't know how
you're going to act
00:32:17.97\00:32:19.30
when something
really comes down to it.
00:32:19.33\00:32:21.24
But I had this peace and they
hadn't given me any shot yet.
00:32:21.27\00:32:24.54
So I said, "Okay,
it's not about that.
00:32:24.57\00:32:26.17
Now, what is it
that I understand?"
00:32:26.21\00:32:29.31
Now when you talk
about that joy of the Lord
00:32:29.34\00:32:32.25
because while I
wasn't laughing, I'm like,
00:32:32.28\00:32:34.12
"Oh, this is going to be fun."
00:32:34.15\00:32:36.02
The joy was knowing the hope
00:32:36.05\00:32:38.79
and what the future would bring.
00:32:38.82\00:32:40.82
Either I would come out of it,
00:32:40.86\00:32:43.43
right, and see my
family or I would go to sleep
00:32:43.46\00:32:46.49
and in a split
second, in twinkling of an eye
00:32:46.53\00:32:49.06
the first face I
would see is Jesus.
00:32:49.10\00:32:51.03
So how can you be
depressed about that?
00:32:51.07\00:32:53.23
So really, there was a
joy in my heart that like,
00:32:53.27\00:32:57.41
"Wow, either way, this
is going to be exciting."
00:32:57.44\00:33:00.78
And I couldn't...
00:33:00.81\00:33:02.14
Without being a
Christian, without that love,
00:33:02.18\00:33:05.01
I could never think like that.
00:33:05.05\00:33:07.28
I mean it's such an incredible
thing to have joy and peace
00:33:07.32\00:33:11.65
and love in the
midst of a storm.
00:33:11.69\00:33:14.16
When you think about
Jesus, I don't know...
00:33:14.19\00:33:17.33
To me, I tried to picture
Him when He was here on earth,
00:33:17.36\00:33:22.30
and I just believe
00:33:22.33\00:33:23.67
that the Lord has
such a sense of humor.
00:33:23.70\00:33:26.53
Where do we get our
sense of humor from?
00:33:26.57\00:33:29.77
God gave it to us.
00:33:29.80\00:33:31.47
And so it wasn't...
00:33:31.51\00:33:33.21
I don't believe He was
just jesting and acting silly,
00:33:33.24\00:33:35.94
but I believe He knew
how to have a nice time.
00:33:35.98\00:33:38.08
He was sociable.
00:33:38.11\00:33:39.45
He went to the wedding
00:33:39.48\00:33:40.82
and changed the water
to wine at the wedding.
00:33:40.85\00:33:42.58
He was sociable
and loving and kind,
00:33:42.62\00:33:45.72
and I feel like He and
His disciples would laugh
00:33:45.75\00:33:49.79
about things because He had joy.
00:33:49.82\00:33:53.66
And again, there
are so many of you
00:33:53.70\00:33:56.50
who are not feeling joy and you
can see it in the countenance.
00:33:56.53\00:34:00.67
So ask the Lord for joy.
00:34:00.70\00:34:03.24
If you're feeling miserable,
00:34:03.27\00:34:04.97
if life is just
closing in on you,
00:34:05.01\00:34:07.01
just ask for joy,
the Lord will give it.
00:34:07.04\00:34:10.31
I agree with
you, Jesus had that.
00:34:10.35\00:34:11.85
And I'll let everybody else,
00:34:11.88\00:34:13.21
I've done my
part of talking today.
00:34:13.25\00:34:15.05
But Jesus, I'm
convinced had the joy
00:34:15.08\00:34:17.62
because He had already
written in the back of the book.
00:34:17.65\00:34:20.59
That's right. There you go.
00:34:20.62\00:34:22.42
We always talk about
reading the back of book.
00:34:22.46\00:34:24.69
Jesus was on earth,
00:34:24.73\00:34:26.06
had already written
the back of the book
00:34:26.09\00:34:27.76
so He knew in the
end there's, of course,
00:34:27.80\00:34:31.23
life eternal for all of those,
00:34:31.27\00:34:33.00
that free gift that
we're willing to accept it.
00:34:33.03\00:34:35.34
So I think, yes,
we should see Jesus
00:34:35.37\00:34:37.97
and think of Him
as a happy person.
00:34:38.01\00:34:39.91
Otherwise, some of
us wouldn't be too happy
00:34:39.94\00:34:42.14
being in heaven if we
can't have a little joy, right?
00:34:42.18\00:34:44.25
That's right. Yeah.
00:34:44.28\00:34:45.81
What does the
Bible say even for the...
00:34:45.85\00:34:47.88
Even though He knew that
He was going to the cross,
00:34:47.92\00:34:50.75
"For the joy that
was set before Him."
00:34:50.79\00:34:53.56
Yes.
00:34:53.59\00:34:55.96
Enduring the
despise and the shame.
00:34:55.99\00:34:57.73
Right, Yvonne, why don't you
pray for our viewers for joy,
00:34:57.76\00:35:00.50
okay?
00:35:00.53\00:35:03.26
Dear Lord, we just
thank You so very much
00:35:03.30\00:35:05.60
that we can have joy
that You will give it to us
00:35:05.63\00:35:09.80
and so many people
are longing for it.
00:35:09.84\00:35:12.67
There are people who
are in pain right now,
00:35:12.71\00:35:16.64
people who are
wondering, "Where is my joy?"
00:35:16.68\00:35:20.82
But, Lord, we just
ask You to give them joy.
00:35:20.85\00:35:23.72
Those who are going
through bad marriages,
00:35:23.75\00:35:26.25
those who are sick,
00:35:26.29\00:35:27.79
those whose jobs
are not there for them,
00:35:27.82\00:35:31.16
they're unemployed and
they're needing income.
00:35:31.19\00:35:33.76
Lord, we know that
You are the great provider
00:35:33.80\00:35:36.13
and that You will
provide our every need
00:35:36.16\00:35:38.93
and so we just
have to trust You.
00:35:38.97\00:35:41.04
We have to trust
You for joy in the midst
00:35:41.07\00:35:43.14
of the worst circumstances,
00:35:43.17\00:35:44.51
but we know that
You will give it to us
00:35:44.54\00:35:47.11
because it's one of the
fruit of the Spirit, Lord.
00:35:47.14\00:35:49.74
So thank You for that joy.
00:35:49.78\00:35:51.58
Thank You for the
love that You give us
00:35:51.61\00:35:54.05
and all the rest of this
fruit of the Spirit, Lord.
00:35:54.08\00:35:56.58
We just thank You and pray
that everyone within the sound
00:35:56.62\00:36:00.72
of my voice now
will experience Your joy.
00:36:00.76\00:36:04.39
Thank You, Lord.
00:36:04.43\00:36:05.76
We pray this in the name
of Yeshua, Jesus, our Savior.
00:36:05.79\00:36:09.40
Amen.
00:36:09.43\00:36:10.83
I like that song. It says...
00:36:10.87\00:36:12.23
Jesus, You're
the center of my joy
00:36:12.27\00:36:18.81
All that's good and
perfect comes from You
00:36:18.84\00:36:25.65
You're the
hearts of my contentment
00:36:25.68\00:36:29.58
Hope for all I do Jesus,
00:36:29.62\00:36:35.36
You're the center
00:36:35.39\00:36:37.43
of my joy
00:36:37.46\00:36:42.46
Amen.
00:36:42.50\00:36:43.83
John, do you want to talk
to us about the fruit of peace?
00:36:43.87\00:36:48.57
Peace is...
00:36:48.60\00:36:51.11
It might be good
to use the microphone.
00:36:51.14\00:36:52.74
I want to, kind of, build off
of what you were talking about,
00:36:56.61\00:36:59.98
Yvonne, because a lot
of times people say...
00:37:00.02\00:37:02.95
When you talk about joy
and that ability we all have
00:37:02.98\00:37:07.56
to be joyful, to be sad,
00:37:07.59\00:37:09.46
how would you know joy
unless you know sadness?
00:37:09.49\00:37:12.29
How will you experience
the beauty of a sun filled sky
00:37:12.33\00:37:17.20
if you didn't have a cloudy sky?
00:37:17.23\00:37:19.43
And there are those in
the world that would say,
00:37:19.47\00:37:21.30
"I don't have any joy.
00:37:21.34\00:37:23.74
I don't have all the
things that I desire."
00:37:23.77\00:37:27.21
I remember songwriter says,
00:37:27.24\00:37:30.25
"They began to
compare the bad things in life
00:37:30.28\00:37:32.65
to the good things in life.
00:37:32.68\00:37:34.68
But they said to
us how would we know
00:37:34.72\00:37:36.35
that there are
good things in life
00:37:36.38\00:37:38.69
without bad things in life?
00:37:38.72\00:37:40.76
How could we
appreciate love and joy
00:37:40.79\00:37:43.79
if there wasn't
hate and sorrow?"
00:37:43.83\00:37:46.83
And that's the
world that we live in.
00:37:46.86\00:37:48.40
So when Jesus left...
00:37:48.43\00:37:50.60
There's a text here
00:37:50.63\00:37:52.77
and I'm so glad
that the Lord wrote this,
00:37:52.80\00:37:56.94
inspired John, the one
whom Jesus loves to write this.
00:37:56.97\00:38:00.38
He says, John 14:27,
"Peace I leave with you."
00:38:00.41\00:38:05.11
I want to just
pause there and just break
00:38:05.15\00:38:06.72
that down a little bit.
00:38:06.75\00:38:08.95
When people leave,
and if we're not sure
00:38:08.98\00:38:11.29
we're going to see them again.
00:38:11.32\00:38:12.65
They said, "I'm going away,
00:38:12.69\00:38:14.49
I'd like to leave
something with you."
00:38:14.52\00:38:16.73
Sometimes you leave a
card or maybe a pendant
00:38:16.76\00:38:19.26
or maybe some, kind of,
00:38:19.29\00:38:20.70
something that's
special to the family
00:38:20.73\00:38:22.43
or maybe something
that marks the high points
00:38:22.46\00:38:24.87
of your relationship.
00:38:24.90\00:38:27.14
And I have a mind
00:38:27.17\00:38:30.47
that's kind of a theater.
00:38:30.51\00:38:33.34
It sees things that
sometimes you may not see.
00:38:33.38\00:38:36.51
And I think of
Jesus visiting my house,
00:38:36.54\00:38:39.15
and He and I
have a day together.
00:38:39.18\00:38:42.55
And He says, "I'm leaving.
00:38:42.58\00:38:44.79
Tomorrow I'm going
back to My Father."
00:38:44.82\00:38:48.09
You are,
"That's why I've decided
00:38:48.12\00:38:49.96
to stop by and just
spend this last day with you
00:38:49.99\00:38:53.86
before I go back to My Father."
00:38:53.90\00:38:56.03
And as He leaves He says all
00:38:56.06\00:38:58.93
and I'm just stuck in awe
that His final words to me.
00:38:58.97\00:39:03.61
And then when He leaves,
I see something on the table
00:39:03.64\00:39:07.08
that He didn't tell me
He was going to leave there.
00:39:07.11\00:39:09.94
And it's a simply
one word, P-E-A-C-E,
00:39:09.98\00:39:14.32
"My peace I leave with you."
00:39:14.35\00:39:17.15
And I thought, "I've seen
Him at the most trying moments,
00:39:17.19\00:39:22.09
and I've seen Him hold
His peace in the judgment hall
00:39:22.12\00:39:25.93
when He was being
mocked and scourged.
00:39:25.96\00:39:27.60
I see Him holding His peace
when He was falsely accused."
00:39:27.63\00:39:31.67
How many times...
00:39:31.70\00:39:33.13
I'm just going to confess,
00:39:33.17\00:39:34.50
I have a hard
time holding my peace
00:39:34.54\00:39:35.87
when I'm falsely accused.
00:39:35.90\00:39:37.41
I don't know about anybody else.
00:39:37.44\00:39:39.37
You've been falsely accused
or straight out lied about?
00:39:39.41\00:39:42.74
And you want to
say, "That is not true."
00:39:42.78\00:39:45.61
And I've been in
trying situations,
00:39:45.65\00:39:48.22
some more recent,
some through the years
00:39:48.25\00:39:52.02
and I remember
once I said to somebody,
00:39:52.05\00:39:54.02
"You know they're
making me so upset,
00:39:54.06\00:39:55.42
I feel like going back
to my Brooklyn attitude."
00:39:55.46\00:39:58.13
You know what I'm talking about.
00:39:58.16\00:39:59.49
I feel like
going back to Brooklyn
00:39:59.53\00:40:02.03
and somebody said to me,
00:40:02.06\00:40:03.50
"Don't let them drag you
down there because your God
00:40:03.53\00:40:08.50
is too big to let
them drag you down there."
00:40:08.54\00:40:12.21
And all of a sudden,
I remembered after being
00:40:12.24\00:40:13.98
a pastor for 34 years
00:40:14.01\00:40:16.54
that somebody could
still drag me down there,
00:40:16.58\00:40:18.61
take my peace from me.
00:40:18.65\00:40:21.02
But Jesus says, "My
peace I leave with you."
00:40:21.05\00:40:24.52
And for those of you that
claim a connection with Christ,
00:40:24.55\00:40:28.79
why are we not more peaceful?
00:40:28.82\00:40:30.99
You know this world
yet... Danny, you made a point.
00:40:31.03\00:40:32.56
This world has
done a horrible job,
00:40:32.59\00:40:35.23
and Christians being peaceful.
00:40:35.26\00:40:38.57
We've been through so
much stuff in America,
00:40:38.60\00:40:40.90
and maybe other
parts of the world.
00:40:40.94\00:40:42.27
If you're watching this program,
00:40:42.30\00:40:43.81
you've been through
things in your country,
00:40:43.84\00:40:45.97
whatever it may have
been, economic embargoes
00:40:46.01\00:40:48.18
or not enough
food, not enough clothing
00:40:48.21\00:40:51.15
or political strife and
unrest or social unrest.
00:40:51.18\00:40:54.85
And you've gone
through stuff where you say,
00:40:54.88\00:40:56.22
"I'm just not at
peace with myself
00:40:56.25\00:40:58.32
or not at peace with my family."
00:40:58.35\00:41:00.76
But for Christians,
00:41:00.79\00:41:03.06
we should be able to display
00:41:03.09\00:41:05.49
the peace of God in the
most trying circumstances
00:41:05.53\00:41:09.16
because if it's
not working for us,
00:41:09.20\00:41:11.63
why would anybody want it?
00:41:11.67\00:41:14.10
You know, why would you give...
00:41:14.14\00:41:15.47
Can you imagine
saying to your nephew,
00:41:15.50\00:41:18.24
"I want to
leave my car for you."
00:41:18.27\00:41:20.18
And he said, "But uncle
that hasn't worked in 35 years."
00:41:20.21\00:41:24.08
"Well, I figured if
it didn't work for me,
00:41:24.11\00:41:25.68
it might work for you."
00:41:25.71\00:41:27.05
No, if it doesn't work,
it's just not going to work.
00:41:27.08\00:41:30.55
And so when the Lord says,
"My peace I leave with you."
00:41:30.59\00:41:33.19
I can't think of
anything else I would want.
00:41:33.22\00:41:36.69
He could have said, "I
leave you my possessions,"
00:41:36.73\00:41:38.99
but He didn't have
any earthly possessions.
00:41:39.03\00:41:41.40
"My peace I leave with you."
00:41:41.43\00:41:42.76
And look at the
rest of it when He says,
00:41:42.80\00:41:45.17
"My peace I give to you."
00:41:45.20\00:41:46.90
And let's just go
through it, love, joy, peace.
00:41:46.94\00:41:49.90
We're going to walk through
all of them, love, joy, peace,
00:41:49.94\00:41:52.44
long-suffering,
gentleness, meekness, patience.
00:41:52.47\00:41:54.78
And if he had to give each
of those gifts to one person,
00:41:54.81\00:41:58.41
and somebody said,
"What did He give you?"
00:41:58.45\00:42:02.08
"He gave me His peace."
00:42:02.12\00:42:03.55
Wow, I wish He gave me His peace
00:42:03.59\00:42:04.92
because I really need it.
00:42:04.95\00:42:06.29
And I want to tell you today,
00:42:06.32\00:42:07.89
here's the
reason why He gave it.
00:42:07.92\00:42:10.19
He says, "Not as
the world gives."
00:42:10.23\00:42:15.13
How many times
have people tried to...
00:42:15.16\00:42:17.97
between countries?
00:42:18.00\00:42:19.80
Years ago, I remember
Protestants and Catholics.
00:42:19.83\00:42:24.54
What do they both want? Peace.
00:42:24.57\00:42:26.68
The Jews and the Muslims,
what do they want? Peace.
00:42:26.71\00:42:30.28
The peace accord,
00:42:30.31\00:42:31.65
many presidents
years ago growing up
00:42:31.68\00:42:34.42
I could remember
Israel's Peace Accord.
00:42:34.45\00:42:36.82
They're trying to
settle with the Palestinians.
00:42:36.85\00:42:40.09
They're still trying to do that.
00:42:40.12\00:42:42.52
But the Lord says,
"You're going to look
00:42:42.56\00:42:43.89
all around the world,
00:42:43.93\00:42:45.26
you're not going
to find this peace."
00:42:45.29\00:42:46.63
So I just want to
say for this new year,
00:42:46.66\00:42:50.63
Donna Berg, we
know as Donna Ganz.
00:42:50.67\00:42:53.94
We were doing a Bible study
online and this word came up
00:42:53.97\00:42:58.27
and I love the
picture she gave to me.
00:42:58.31\00:43:00.88
She says, "Pursue
peace for without it
00:43:00.91\00:43:04.78
no one can see God, pursue it."
00:43:04.81\00:43:07.35
And she said, "Can I
bring that down, Pastor?
00:43:07.38\00:43:09.15
I said, "Sure."
00:43:09.18\00:43:10.52
And so she says, "If
peace is running from you,
00:43:10.55\00:43:14.06
run after it and grab its legs
and refuse to let it get away."
00:43:14.09\00:43:18.93
I never could get that picture.
00:43:18.96\00:43:20.70
She said,
"Pursue peace" she said,
00:43:20.73\00:43:22.13
"Do you know that
means run after it?"
00:43:22.16\00:43:24.43
And some of you, your
peace may be running away
00:43:24.47\00:43:26.50
from you because circumstances
are just pressing the peace
00:43:26.53\00:43:28.90
away from you.
00:43:28.94\00:43:30.27
Get up out of
that chair of sorrow
00:43:30.31\00:43:31.81
and discontent and
say, "You know what?
00:43:31.84\00:43:34.38
I'm going to pursue peace
because I will not be able
00:43:34.41\00:43:37.45
to see God without it."
00:43:37.48\00:43:39.08
That's why Jesus is
the Prince of Peace.
00:43:39.11\00:43:41.68
That's awesome. Great
peace have they, say it again.
00:43:41.72\00:43:44.19
"Great peace have
they that love thy law,
00:43:44.22\00:43:46.99
and nothing shall offend them."
00:43:47.02\00:43:48.42
That's right, but a lot
of things offend us. Why?
00:43:48.46\00:43:51.26
Because we're not
allowing the peace
00:43:51.29\00:43:52.83
that Jesus leaves with us
00:43:52.86\00:43:54.86
to become the overwhelming
quality of our lives.
00:43:54.90\00:43:59.63
And then He ends by
saying 1 John 14:27,
00:43:59.67\00:44:03.07
"Do not let your heart be
troubled nor let it be afraid."
00:44:03.10\00:44:06.81
Is there fear
in the world today?
00:44:06.84\00:44:08.28
Yes.
00:44:08.31\00:44:10.15
We're still trying to stabilize
economies around the world.
00:44:10.18\00:44:13.72
COVID is still a present thing
in some places more than less,
00:44:13.75\00:44:18.45
variants, people
are worrying about food,
00:44:18.49\00:44:22.09
slowdown and ships are
still in the ocean trying
00:44:22.12\00:44:25.96
to deliver them
up, prices going up
00:44:25.99\00:44:28.86
and people are saying,
"How am I going to find peace?"
00:44:28.90\00:44:32.30
Let me recommend Jesus.
00:44:32.33\00:44:33.67
Yes. Yes. Amen.
00:44:33.70\00:44:35.04
Let me recommend Jesus.
00:44:35.07\00:44:36.87
Don't try to find
it in family members
00:44:36.91\00:44:38.44
because they may be able
to give you just a drop of it,
00:44:38.47\00:44:42.14
but Jesus is
abundant, full of peace.
00:44:42.18\00:44:47.65
My peace I leave with you
00:44:47.68\00:44:49.45
and then you find
here in Philippians 4:49
00:44:49.48\00:44:54.16
these words,
"Rejoice in the Lord always."
00:44:54.19\00:44:57.69
And Paul could have
stopped there and said,
00:44:57.73\00:45:02.06
"And again I say rejoice."
00:45:02.10\00:45:04.90
The reiteration means
you have to grab that,
00:45:04.93\00:45:07.87
"Rejoice in the Lord always."
00:45:07.90\00:45:10.07
You mean 24 hours a day?
00:45:10.11\00:45:11.71
I saw a sign once on a Cleaners
00:45:11.74\00:45:15.74
when we were
living in California.
00:45:15.78\00:45:17.61
It's on the
Cleaners, open 24 hours,
00:45:17.65\00:45:20.02
but it was closed.
00:45:20.05\00:45:23.08
And I asked the
owner and I said,
00:45:23.12\00:45:25.39
"But the sign
says, open 24 hours."
00:45:25.42\00:45:27.12
He said, "But not in a row."
00:45:27.16\00:45:28.49
Why would you put
that sign on the door,
00:45:32.46\00:45:34.33
open 24 hours, and I got
there and I'm not going to...
00:45:34.36\00:45:37.27
It's closed. It
says it open 24 hours.
00:45:37.30\00:45:40.00
He said, "Not in a
row." But you know what?
00:45:40.04\00:45:42.50
Jesus can give us peace
24 hours, come on, in a row.
00:45:42.54\00:45:47.51
And I want to be
that kind of person
00:45:47.54\00:45:49.08
that I can wake
up in the morning
00:45:49.11\00:45:50.88
with the world
falling apart around me.
00:45:50.91\00:45:52.61
I've said to my
wife so many times.
00:45:52.65\00:45:54.22
Honey, you'll remember this.
00:45:54.25\00:45:56.35
I said, "What I
love about our marriage
00:45:56.38\00:45:58.49
is the world
could be falling apart
00:45:58.52\00:46:00.82
and I could
walk through the door
00:46:00.86\00:46:02.92
and know I'm at peace."
00:46:02.96\00:46:05.86
I could walk through the
door and just look in my eyes,
00:46:05.89\00:46:08.06
the eyes of my wife
00:46:08.10\00:46:10.10
and know that it's cold out
there but it's warm in here.
00:46:10.13\00:46:15.80
I could look at...
00:46:15.84\00:46:17.17
I read a story
about a man who said,
00:46:17.21\00:46:18.54
"I was an utter failure,
00:46:18.57\00:46:20.64
but when I went
home I was a king."
00:46:20.68\00:46:23.08
And so if you
look at Jesus, He says,
00:46:23.11\00:46:25.98
"My peace I leave with you."
00:46:26.01\00:46:27.58
We should find
peace in our marriages.
00:46:27.62\00:46:30.19
Strive for peace in
your marriage in 2022.
00:46:30.22\00:46:34.02
It may not be everything
you pray for to be a young lady
00:46:34.06\00:46:36.59
or young man or hold a couple
00:46:36.62\00:46:40.16
or you may be trying
to find peace after losing
00:46:40.20\00:46:44.70
your spouse and you might think,
00:46:44.73\00:46:47.17
"Life is never going
to be the same again,"
00:46:47.20\00:46:50.04
but Jesus is there for you.
00:46:50.07\00:46:52.61
He'll bring that peace in.
00:46:52.64\00:46:54.28
In the midst of a
heart that's troubled,
00:46:54.31\00:46:57.28
He'll put His hand
on your heart and say,
00:46:57.31\00:46:59.38
"My peace I leave with you."
00:46:59.41\00:47:01.25
Paul says, Philippians 4,
00:47:01.28\00:47:02.62
"And I rejoice
in the Lord always,
00:47:02.65\00:47:05.39
and again I say rejoice.
00:47:05.42\00:47:08.09
Let your gentleness
be known unto all men.
00:47:08.12\00:47:10.99
The Lord is near at hand."
00:47:11.03\00:47:12.49
Do you have a
thought on your heart, honey?
00:47:12.53\00:47:14.36
John, why don't you pray
for our viewers for peace?
00:47:14.40\00:47:16.33
For peace, let's just pray.
00:47:16.36\00:47:20.07
Gracious Father in heaven,
00:47:20.10\00:47:23.17
people are looking for
things but on so many occasions
00:47:23.20\00:47:27.81
they just don't find it.
00:47:27.84\00:47:30.35
We've just past holiday season,
00:47:30.38\00:47:32.55
where people were
looking in window shopping,
00:47:32.58\00:47:35.18
people looking in
magazines and on the internet
00:47:35.22\00:47:37.32
and on websites
looking for things
00:47:37.35\00:47:40.39
that money can purchase.
00:47:40.42\00:47:42.59
But after
they've opened the gifts,
00:47:42.62\00:47:44.89
after they've put them
away, after the thrill is gone,
00:47:44.93\00:47:49.43
they realize, "Wow,
it's still missing."
00:47:49.46\00:47:52.77
So I pray for
this New Year, Lord,
00:47:52.80\00:47:54.37
that we won't be
looking for things
00:47:54.40\00:47:56.24
that You already gave to us.
00:47:56.27\00:47:57.87
"My peace I leave with you,
00:47:57.91\00:48:00.84
not try to find it
because I hid it somewhere.
00:48:00.88\00:48:04.08
I leave it with you."
00:48:04.11\00:48:05.68
And so, Lord, I pray today
that those who claim to know You
00:48:05.71\00:48:09.42
that they'll say,
"Yes, that's true.
00:48:09.45\00:48:11.85
Why do I have to fight for peace
00:48:11.89\00:48:13.89
when the Lord left it with me?"
00:48:13.92\00:48:16.32
I want to demonstrate
that peace in the way
00:48:16.36\00:48:18.36
I speak to people,
00:48:18.39\00:48:19.86
the way they look in my
eyes that they could see peace,
00:48:19.89\00:48:22.60
in my hands and my
attitude in the way I stand up,
00:48:22.63\00:48:25.33
in the way I listen.
00:48:25.37\00:48:26.74
I pray for peace in marriages.
00:48:26.77\00:48:29.47
Husbands and wives
are so different and yet,
00:48:29.50\00:48:32.71
Lord, You said we
could be one because of You.
00:48:32.74\00:48:35.84
Give peace in the
heart of that husband
00:48:35.88\00:48:37.35
who's at odds with his wife,
00:48:37.38\00:48:39.88
a peace in the
heart of that wife
00:48:39.91\00:48:42.02
who feels
estranged from her husband.
00:48:42.05\00:48:45.32
Give peace to the children,
00:48:45.35\00:48:46.69
who cannot take the loving
guidance of their parents.
00:48:46.72\00:48:50.93
Give peace to the churches,
00:48:50.96\00:48:52.46
where people are separated
by aisles but not united
00:48:52.49\00:48:56.06
by love and peace and joy.
00:48:56.10\00:48:58.87
And, Father, give us the
desire to hold on until the day
00:48:58.90\00:49:02.60
we see the Prince of Peace
00:49:02.64\00:49:04.54
and we recognize we're
about to enter the kingdom
00:49:04.57\00:49:07.04
of eternal peace.
00:49:07.08\00:49:08.81
This is my prayer and may
we embrace it for this New Year
00:49:08.84\00:49:13.31
and be a people,
00:49:13.35\00:49:14.72
we're in the
world looks for peace,
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.58
they find it in the lives
of those claiming to know You.
00:49:16.62\00:49:20.46
In Jesus' name I pray,
00:49:20.49\00:49:22.86
amen.
00:49:22.89\00:49:24.29
Awesome.
00:49:24.33\00:49:25.66
Praise the Lord. I love it.
00:49:25.69\00:49:27.43
I love the love, joy and
peace such great thoughts,
00:49:27.46\00:49:32.90
I love you all.
00:49:32.93\00:49:34.27
You're wonderful. Tim, a
thought just came to my mind.
00:49:34.30\00:49:36.20
Can I throw you
a curve? Please do.
00:49:36.24\00:49:38.31
Because I know
you're a very good catcher.
00:49:38.34\00:49:39.84
Oh well, we'll see.
00:49:39.87\00:49:41.21
Far away in the depths
00:49:41.24\00:49:44.68
Of my spirit tonight
00:49:44.71\00:49:49.12
Rolls a melody sweeter
00:49:49.15\00:49:53.99
Than psalm
00:49:54.02\00:49:57.69
In celestial-like strains
00:49:57.73\00:50:02.50
It unceasingly falls
00:50:02.53\00:50:07.50
O'er my soul
00:50:07.54\00:50:10.04
Like an infinite calm
00:50:10.07\00:50:16.08
Everybody sing.
00:50:16.11\00:50:17.85
Peace! Peace!
00:50:17.88\00:50:22.28
Wonderful peace
00:50:22.32\00:50:25.95
Coming down
00:50:25.99\00:50:28.32
From the Father above
00:50:28.36\00:50:35.00
Sweep over
00:50:35.03\00:50:37.83
My spirit forever,
00:50:37.87\00:50:43.57
I pray
00:50:43.61\00:50:46.04
In fathomless billows
00:50:46.07\00:50:52.95
Of love
00:50:52.98\00:50:57.85
Sweet, you know what, John?
00:50:57.89\00:50:59.22
I was going to do that,
00:50:59.25\00:51:01.29
but I just didn't know if
you would want to go there.
00:51:01.32\00:51:04.96
That was fun.
That was providential.
00:51:04.99\00:51:07.00
The Lord just put it on my heart
00:51:07.03\00:51:08.36
and I didn't know
that was on your heart.
00:51:08.40\00:51:09.73
Well, it's
perfect. It is perfect.
00:51:09.76\00:51:12.90
Angie, you want to talk to us
00:51:12.93\00:51:15.24
about the next
fruit of the Spirit?
00:51:15.27\00:51:18.01
Patience or sometimes it's
a reference is long-suffering.
00:51:18.04\00:51:22.08
Yeah, long-suffering,
patience, something that I need.
00:51:22.11\00:51:25.81
You gave me the right one.
00:51:25.85\00:51:29.52
Patience, I tell you, the
Bible speaks about patient
00:51:29.55\00:51:33.22
and we know that the Lord
is patient with us every day.
00:51:33.25\00:51:38.39
Patience is the
ability to endure opposition,
00:51:38.43\00:51:42.03
to overlook the
weaknesses and faults of others.
00:51:42.06\00:51:45.80
The Old Testament
shows the patience of God
00:51:45.83\00:51:49.60
over many generations
combined with His judgment.
00:51:49.64\00:51:52.97
And in Exodus 34:6,
it says, "The Lord God,
00:51:53.01\00:51:58.41
compassionate and
gracious, slow to anger..."
00:51:58.45\00:52:02.35
How many of us are
quick to get angry?
00:52:02.38\00:52:04.79
"He is slow to anger
00:52:04.82\00:52:06.45
and abounding in
loving kindness and truth."
00:52:06.49\00:52:10.63
That's the God
I choose to serve.
00:52:10.66\00:52:13.03
So many times I get impatient,
00:52:13.06\00:52:15.50
sometimes you want to hit
it here and you want it now.
00:52:15.53\00:52:18.83
And that's the kind of
world we live in, we want it.
00:52:18.87\00:52:22.54
So I'm just so happy that
the Lord is patient with me.
00:52:22.57\00:52:27.64
And in the Bible it says,
00:52:27.68\00:52:29.01
"Here is the
patience of the saints."
00:52:29.04\00:52:31.88
And this is the patience I want,
00:52:31.91\00:52:34.48
to have the
patience of the saints,
00:52:34.52\00:52:36.12
which is really
the patience of Jesus
00:52:36.15\00:52:38.35
because I don't
have the patience.
00:52:38.39\00:52:40.26
So when you pray for patience,
00:52:40.29\00:52:42.72
the Lord will test you
and you will have patience,
00:52:42.76\00:52:46.43
so be careful what you pray for.
00:52:46.46\00:52:49.20
If you're not a
patient person, you say, "Lord,
00:52:49.23\00:52:51.47
give me patience."
00:52:51.50\00:52:52.83
The Lord will bring someone
in your life to test you.
00:52:52.87\00:52:57.47
Can I get a witness?
00:52:57.51\00:53:01.64
It's true
00:53:01.68\00:53:03.04
and we know that
the prodigal son,
00:53:03.08\00:53:08.75
Lord, look at the father.
00:53:08.78\00:53:11.39
He waited in for his
son. That's true patience.
00:53:11.42\00:53:15.82
Maybe somebody
out there is waiting
00:53:15.86\00:53:17.49
for their
prodigal child out there
00:53:17.53\00:53:20.10
and they're waiting for
that child to come back home.
00:53:20.13\00:53:23.63
That's patience.
00:53:23.67\00:53:25.00
Keep praying, keep
trusting, keep holding on,
00:53:25.03\00:53:27.70
the Lord is faithful.
00:53:27.74\00:53:30.17
I'm telling you.
00:53:30.21\00:53:31.54
Abraham, Joseph,
David, Hannah, Ruth,
00:53:31.57\00:53:33.71
all of these wonderful
people in the Bible went through
00:53:33.74\00:53:37.95
the test of patience
and in these last days
00:53:37.98\00:53:41.58
this is what we're
going through, patience.
00:53:41.62\00:53:44.25
And waiting takes time
00:53:44.29\00:53:46.49
and God is developing
patience in us so remember that.
00:53:46.52\00:53:51.46
And my prayer is that
the Lord will grant me
00:53:51.49\00:53:55.00
continual patience to
endure in these last days
00:53:55.03\00:53:58.73
that we're living in.
00:53:58.77\00:54:00.10
Yeah. Why don't you to pray
for our viewers that very thing?
00:54:00.14\00:54:01.80
Sure, let's bow our heads.
00:54:01.84\00:54:04.64
Our kind,
gracious Heavenly Father,
00:54:04.67\00:54:06.47
we come to You in
the name of Jesus,
00:54:06.51\00:54:08.94
praising You and honoring You
00:54:08.98\00:54:10.41
and thanking You
for Your graciousness.
00:54:10.45\00:54:13.11
Lord it's a new
year, You're so good to us,
00:54:13.15\00:54:15.48
You kept us
through the last year
00:54:15.52\00:54:18.42
and as we put our
feet on solid ground
00:54:18.45\00:54:21.02
we know that we can trust You.
00:54:21.06\00:54:23.73
You are the God of patience.
00:54:23.76\00:54:25.39
Lord, somebody out
there is on the last end.
00:54:25.43\00:54:28.80
Lord, give them that
strength to hold on to You
00:54:28.83\00:54:32.20
to not let go.
00:54:32.23\00:54:33.57
Give them the patience they need
00:54:33.60\00:54:35.94
to be with their families
00:54:35.97\00:54:40.98
to guide them.
00:54:41.01\00:54:42.34
Lord, just guide
these families out there.
00:54:42.38\00:54:44.91
We need You, every one
of us need You, but Lord,
00:54:44.95\00:54:48.72
we need the patience of Jesus.
00:54:48.75\00:54:51.25
Look how patient He was.
00:54:51.29\00:54:52.85
He bear the cross for
us, for you and for me.
00:54:52.89\00:54:56.93
I pray that You'll
strengthen each person
00:54:56.96\00:54:59.29
that is watching this program,
strengthen their families,
00:54:59.33\00:55:02.66
Father, give them the
endurance to endure to the end.
00:55:02.70\00:55:07.24
And once again, may
we have the patience
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of Jesus to hold on
to that everlasting arm
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that loves us and loves us
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with not just love
but an everlasting love.
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Thank you,
Father, for that love.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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You know, I know some
of our viewers may be...
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They may be holding to
a promise that they feel
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that God gave them and
that is one of the aspects
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a lot of us have to be patient,
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waiting for God's will
to be shown in our lives.
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And I think of a song
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that whenever I come
to the point of getting
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irritated and
impatient with God, I say...
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All to Jesus
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I surrender All
to Him I freely give
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I will ever love and trust Him
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And in His presence
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I'll daily live I'm
going to live right now
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and just trust Him.
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And I'll say...
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I surrender all
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I surrender all
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All to Thee,
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My blessed Savior
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I surrender all
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John, do you want to
sing this next verse?
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All to Jesus
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I surrender
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Make me, Savior,
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wholly Thine
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Let me feel
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Thy Holy Spirit
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Truly know that
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Thou art mine
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I surrender all
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I surrender all
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All to Thee, my blessed Savior
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I surrender all
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Stay tuned as we
attempt to make it through
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the rest of the
beautiful fruit of the Spirit.
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We'll be right back.
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