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New Year Dedication

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00:04 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:08 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:17 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪
00:26 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪
00:33 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:45 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
01:07 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER 3ABN THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE, AND WE
01:13 ARE LIVE FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, WEST FRANKVILLE, ILLINOIS,
01:19 THOMPSONVILLE, KIND OF RIGHT ON THE LINE.
01:21 HOW HAS YOUR WEEK BEEN? I KNOW HERE AT 3ABN, IT HAS BEEN
01:25 A BUSY WEEK, A FUN WEEK, AND WE HAVE HAD SOME SNOW.
01:29 WE HAVE HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT A WEEK.
01:32 WE HAVE WHAT YOU CALL SLEET, AND CAUSED THE ROADS TO BE A LITTLE
01:37 SLIPPERY, BUT THE LORD IS GOOD. WE MADE IT HERE, AND WE JUST
01:42 APPRECIATE YOU TUNING IN, AND THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR JOINING
01:47 US. BUT GOD IS GOOD.
01:49 WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NEW
01:54 YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS, AND I KNOW THEY ARE HARD TO KEEP SOMETIMES.
02:00 I LIKE TO RECOMMIT MY LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, SO
02:04 TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT REDEDICATION, AND
02:09 WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME QUESTIONS LATER ON.
02:12 AND WE DID AN EMAIL BLAST EARLIER.
02:15 >> WE DID. WE ALREADY GOT SOME QUESTIONS
02:17 FROM YOU AT HOME, SO THANK YOU. >> YEAH, THAT'S FOR SURE.
02:20 ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT CAME IN WAS FROM DONNA.
02:26 SO THANK YOU, DONNA. >> AND THIS IS A LIVE PROGRAM,
02:29 SO SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT'S
02:36 PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE ALL NEED A REDEDICATION, AND A
02:41 RECONSECRATION, AT LEAST I DO. AND WHAT BETTER WAY THAN AT THE
02:44 START OF THE NEW YEAR, TO COME BEFORE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND-SAY I WANT TO DEDICATE MY LIFE
02:55 ANEW TO YOU. GOD WANTS TO DO A NEW THING IN
02:58 EACH ONE OF OUR LIVES, SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOU CAN
03:01 BECOME A NEW PERSON IN JESUS, HOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THAT
03:06 TRANSFORMATION THAT HE WANTS TO WORK IN YOUR LIFE AND YOUR
03:09 HEART, SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, AND WE WILL DO OUR
03:13 BEST TO GET TO THEM, THAT'S LIVE@3ABN.TV.
03:20 I ALWAYS FORGET THE DOT-TV. LIVE@3ABN.TV, OR THE CALL CENTER
03:27 IS OPEN TONIGHT. SO YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE US A
03:31 CALL. 618-627-4651.
03:32 AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY MAYBE YOU SAY -- I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION,
03:36 BUT I REALLY NEED PRAYER. I'M SEEKING SOMETHING NEW IN MY
03:39 LIFE. I'M SEEKING A NEW DIRECTION, A
03:42 NEW TURN. I'M STRUGGLING WITH THINGS I
03:45 DON'T KNOW HOW TO LET GO OF, THEN SEND IN YOUR PRAYER
03:49 REQUEST, AND WE WILL PRAYER FOR YOU TONIGHT.
03:51 AND WE HAVE SPECIAL GUEST TONIGHT.
03:54 WE SHOULD INTRODUCE THEM, SWEETY.
03:56 >> I AGREE. WE HAVE SHELLEY QUINN.
04:00 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> IT'S ALWAYS A BLESSING TO BE
04:05 HERE, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING TO JILL'S POINT, NOT
04:11 ONLY WILL WE PRAY OVER YOUR REQUEST TONIGHT, BUT THE
04:15 PASTORAL DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY OVER YOUR
04:19 PRAYER REQUEST ALL OF NEXT WEEK. SO BE SURE TO SEND THEM IN.
04:22 >> AND I APPRECIATE THE PASTORAL DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE IT'S A
04:28 LIFELINE TO MANY PEOPLE. YOUR HUSBAND LEADS THAT
04:31 DEPARTMENT, HE DOES A GREAT JOB, AND HE HAS A GREAT TEAM.
04:36 >> YES, SIR. >> AND PASTOR JOHN DINZEY, IT'S
04:41 NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
04:46 I'M IN THE MIDDLE SEAT. I HAVE HAD THE MIDDLE SEAT ON
04:52 AIRPLANES AND PEOPLE SOMETIMES FALL ASLEEP ON YOUR SHOULDER.
05:01 >> I MAY DO THAT. >> AND YOU HAD AN ACCIDENT
05:12 RECENTLY. TELL US HOW YOUR WIFE IS DOING,
05:14 QUICKLY? >> YES, THIS WEEK I HAD THE
05:17 FOLLOW-UP OF AN MRI, THAT -- THE MRI WAS ORDERED BY THE
05:24 ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LUMP -- THERE STILL
05:28 IS A LITTLE BIT ON MY KNEE, AND THE -- THERE'S -- MY ANKLE
05:33 WAS -- SINCE IT WAS SWOLLEN, HE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON
05:37 IN THERE. ARE THERE ANY BROKEN BONES.-MUSCLE TEARS, THOSE TYPE OF
05:44 THINGS, BECAUSE I HAD X RAYS AND THERE WERE NO BROKEN BONE, BUT
05:48 THE FOLLOW-UP WITH THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, HE SAID YOUR
05:52 ANKLE LOOKS NORMAL. >> AMEN.
05:54 >> AND IT'S LOOKING GOOD, AND THAT LUMP THAT -- HE THOUGHT IT
05:58 WAS -- HE SAID WE'RE TRYING TO EVALUATE IT, AND HE SAID IT IS A
06:06 CYST, OR A HEMATOMA. BUT HE SAID IT HAS GONE DOWN
06:16 CONSIDERABLY. THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN
06:19 OPERATION. >> PRAISE THE LORD.
06:20 >> NO NEED FOR AN OPERATION, PRAISE THE LORD.
06:23 >> AMEN. >> IT WAS A GOOD DAY.
06:26 A GOOD DAY TO HEAR THAT. MY WIFE ALSO HAD AN MRI, AND IT
06:34 REVEALED THAT SHE DOES NOT NEED ROTATOR CUFF SURGERY, BUT SHE
06:39 DOES HAVE SOME SWELLING IN HER SHOULDER, AND SHE STILL HAS
06:43 TROUBLE LIFTING HER ARM -- IT'S VERY PAINFUL, BASICALLY HER ARM
06:49 STILL HURTS ALL DAY, THEY ORDERED ANOTHER MRI, BECAUSE THE
06:55 MRI THEY TOOK DID NOT GO LOW ENOUGH -- BECAUSE THERE IS
06:58 SOMETHING GOING ON OVER HERE, AND IT'S LIKE THE MUSCLE HAS
07:03 LIQUID IN FRONT OF IT, BUT IT'S VERY SOFT AND TENDER, AND SO SHE
07:08 HAS PAIN MOST OF THE DAY, AND SHE DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY
07:13 PAIN MEDICATION, BECAUSE SOME OF THAT PAIN MEDICATION IS
07:17 ADDICTIVE, AND SHE IS A STRONG, STRONG WOMAN --
07:20 >> TELL ABOUT HER DIAPHRAGM. >> YES.
07:23 NO -- EXTERNALLY, YOU MAY NOT SEE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS
07:30 THAT TOOK PLACE BECAUSE GOD PROTECTED US FROM LACERATIONS IN
07:33 THE FACE AND BROKEN NECKS AND BROKEN BACKS, AND THOSE TYPE OF
07:38 THINGS, BUT -- I MEN THE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE TO ME
07:41 ARE EVIDENCE THAT GOD SAVED US FROM DEATH OR SOMETHING
07:46 WORST -- OR NOT SOMETHING WORSE THAN DEATH, BUT SOMETHING WORSE
07:50 THAN THE CONDITION WE'RE IN. >> YES.
07:52 >> SHE HAS 10 BROKEN RIBS THAT ARE STILL HEALING.
07:56 WE HAVE RECENTLY SEEN SOME SCANS, AND IT SHOWS THAT ONE OF
08:01 THE RIBS IS NOT CONNECTING RIGHT, AND IT IS STILL NOT LINED
08:05 UP WITH THE OTHER, AND SO SHE SAID THAT IS WHY I FEEL LIKE
08:10 SOMETHING IS POKING MY LUNGS. SO THE DIAPHRAGM, EITHER THE
08:16 SEAT BELT OR THE STEERING WHEEL, PUSHED UP AGAINST HERE, AND IT
08:21 IS HIGHER THAN IT SHOULD BE, AND THE DOCTOR SAID IT'S PUSHING UP
08:27 AGAINST HER LUNG. AND HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO WAIT
08:29 FOUR TO SIX MONTHS TO SEE IF IT WILL GO DOWN ON ITS OWN, IF NOT,
08:35 SURGERY IS A POSSIBILITY, AND SHE'S MADE SOME PROGRESS, THANKS
08:41 TO THE LORD, BUT STILL, PRAYER IS NEEDED AND WE KNOW THE LORD
08:45 WILL BLESS US. >> AMEN.
08:46 >> AMEN. >> YEAH, WE APPRECIATE BOTH YOU
08:50 AND YOUR WIFE, AND GOD IS GOOD. >> M-- AMEN.
09:00 >> AND BOY WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS FOR THEM AND FOR
09:04 THE 3ABN FAMILY. IT'S NEAT.
09:07 WE CAN JUST REACH OUT AND WE KNOW THAT GOT HEARS AND ANSWERS.
09:12 >> WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEONE HAS BEEN IN CHRONIC PAIN, AND
09:16 ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMETHING -- A LIFE-CHANGING EVENT, WE NEED TO
09:20 REALLY PRAY FOR THEIR EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AS
09:26 WELL, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE PHYSICALLY DEPRESSED AND
09:30 YOU ARE IN PAIN, PRETTY SOON IT CAN TAKE AN EMOTIONAL TOLL ON
09:36 YOU. I SPEN THREE MONTHS IN A
09:39 HOSPITAL, AND A YEAR IN A BODY BRACE, AND YOU FEEL LIKE LIFE
09:43 WILL NEVER BE THE SAME, AND IT IS EASY TO BECOME EMOTIONALLY
09:52 DEPRESSED, AND IDALIA IS A VERY STRONG WOMAN, BUT I AM PRAYING
10:04 THAT FOR HER. >> SHE STILL HAS FOUR MORE WEEKS
10:08 OF THERAPY ORDERED BY THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, AND THEN HE
10:13 WANTS TO SEE HER AGAIN, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS AHEAD.
10:17 WE'RE PRAYING FOR THE LORD'S BLESSING, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE
10:20 DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THINGS HAPPEN.
10:22 FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE IN WEST FRANKFORT GOING TO VISIT
10:27 THE -- SOME BROTHERS FROM THE CHURCH --
10:30 >> SURE. OKAY.
10:31 >> -- AND A VEHICLE, COMING FROM A SIDE ROAD, IT SEEMED LIKE HE
10:35 WAS GOING TO KEEP GOING THROUGH THE STOP SIGN, AND SHE WENT --
10:40 >> SURE. >> FLASH BACK TO THE ACCIDENT.
10:43 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> OF COURSE I SAW HIM TOO, BUT
10:45 WHEN SHE DID THAT, I AFFECTED ME TOO, BECAUSE THESE THINGS
10:51 ALMOST EVERY WEEK THAT WE'RE GOING TO THERAPY, SOMETHING
10:54 HAPPENS IN THE ROAD THAT -- YOU KNOW?
10:57 AND SHE HAS HAD TIMES -OF -- SHE -- SHE -- AND IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT.
11:01 >> OF COURSE. >> IT'S A TIME OF HEALING THAT
11:04 NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP
11:07 OF 3ABN LATINO, AND IT IS -- 15? >> IT IS GOING TO BE 15TH
11:15 ANNIVERSARY THIS COMING AUGUST, AND WE'RE ASKING THE LORD FOR
11:19 AMAZING THINGS TO HAPPEN. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
11:22 SITTING NEXT TO YOU, PASTOR KENNY SHELTON, AND I TELL YOU,
11:26 WE JUST -- WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR WIFE.
11:30 IT HAS BEEN A -- ABOUT A YEAR SINCE YOU WENT THROUGH OPEN
11:34 HEART SURGERY AND GOD A GOOD. YOU KNOW, HE HAS SEEN YOU
11:37 THROUGH THAT, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN -- REPERCUSSIONS AFTER
11:41 THAT, BUT I TELL YOU, IT'S A BLESSING TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH
11:44 US THIS EVENING, AND I KNOW WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, RIGHT NOW
11:50 THERE'S A LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND, AND THE WINTER TO US IS
11:54 A LITTLE BIT COLD. WE HAD LIKE 2 BELOW ZERO THIS
11:59 WEEK, WHICH TO JILL AND MYSELF THAT'S KIND OF COLD.
12:03 I KNOW PASTOR KENNY, YOU DID CONSTRUCTION.
12:07 YOU HELPED YOUR BROTHER, DANNY SHELTON, MANY YEARS IN
12:12 CONSTRUCTION, AND IT CAN BE KIND OF BRUTAL THIS TIME OF YEAR.
12:15 >> YES. YES.
12:17 I THINK THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR.
12:22 IT GETS IN THE 20S, AND THAT IS COLD, BUT GOD HAS BEEN GOOD --
12:27 >> AMEN. >> AND I SAY LORD THANK YOU FOR
12:30 A WARM HOUSE. >> AMEN.
12:32 >> THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD. THANK YOU FOR THESE THINGS,
12:37 BECAUSE YOU JUST KNOW OUT IN THIS KIND OF WEATHER, YOU HAVE
12:42 TO BE PROTECTED, OR YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LAST VERY LONG.
12:47 >> AMEN. THIS EVENING WE WANT TO HAVE
12:51 MULTIPLE SEASONS OF PRAYER. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GOD'S
12:55 GOODNESS, SEEING US THROUGH DIFFERENT HEALTH CHALLENGES, AND
12:57 THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT YET THERE ARE STILL THINGS THAT WE ALL
13:00 DEAL WITH, SO WE WANT TO ACTUALLY PRAY FOR YOU AT HOME.
13:05 AND MAKE WE CAN ALL PRAY TOGETHER.
13:07 YOU CAN BOW YOUR HEAD AT HOME. THOSE THAT ARE VIEWING EVEN
13:11 TONIGHT, NONE OF US KNOW YOUR NAME, BUT THE NEAT THING IS, GOD
13:17 DOES. I THINK IT'S PSALM 147 OR 145,
13:24 IT SAYS THAT GOD KNOWS THE NUMBER OF STARS D
13:27 >> 147. >> 147.
13:29 HE KNOWS THE NUMBER OF STARS, AND GET THIS, IT ALSO SAYS HE
13:35 CALLS THEM ALL BY NAME. AND HE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.
13:40 SO PASTOR KENNY, WHY DON'T YOU PRAYER.
13:44 >> AMEN. WE INVITE YOU AT HOME TO PRAY
13:47 ALONG WITH US TOO. KIND HEAVENLY FATHER WHAT A
13:51 PRIVILEGE IT IS THAT WE CAN PRAY, AND COME TO OUR HEAVENLY
13:55 FATHER AND BRING OUR PETITIONS TO YOU, YOU SAID YOU WOULD HEAR,
14:01 YOU WOULD BEND LOW, THAT YOU WOULD PUT YOUR EAR DOWN CLOSE,
14:05 THAT YOU WOULD HEAR OUR CRIES, AND HEAR WHEN WE'RE JOYFUL AND A
14:10 LITTLE BIT SAD. THINGS ARE GOING ON IN THE
14:13 WORLD, SO, LORD, TONIGHT WE ARE REACHES OUT TO THOSE WHO MAYBE
14:17 HAD A ROUGH DAY OR A ROUGH YEAR. SOME OF IT WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND,
14:22 BUT WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOU ARE THERE.
14:25 YOU SAID I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU, I'LL NEVER FORSAKE YOU, THE IT
14:31 SAYS THROUGH IT ALL, WE LEARN TO LEAN ON YOU, AND COUNT ON YOU,
14:37 AND WE ARE REMINDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AS WE GO THROUGH AN
14:40 ACCIDENT OR SOMEBODY GOING THROUGH FINANCIAL CRISIS AT HOME
14:44 RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE GOING THROUGH, MAYBE A
14:46 SEPARATION IN THEIR MARRIAGE, A DIFFICULT TIME OF SICKNESS AND
14:51 DEATH, DISEASE ON EVERY HAND, AND JUST PEOPLE LOSING THEIR
14:55 HOMES IN MUD SLIDES AND FIRE AND FAMINE, THESE ARE SIGNS THAT YOU
15:01 ARE COMING, AND LORD WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE FAITH, BECAUSE
15:05 WHEN THESE THINGS HIT US, SOMETIMES WE'RE SO EASILY BESET,
15:09 AND WE GET DOWN AS MENTIONED HERE, AND WE NEED YOUR SPIRIT,
15:13 SO I PRAY TO THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD RIGHT NOW, TO REACH
15:17 DOWN AND TOUCH EVERY ONE OF THESE PRECIOUS SOULS THAT
15:20 BROTHER GREG JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU KNOW US BY NAME, YOU KNOW
15:24 ALL ABOUT US. I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU.
15:27 I'LL NEVER FORSAKE YOU. I'LL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS.
15:30 WE ASK YOU TO MEET THE NEED NOW OF EVERYONE WHO MAY BE -- THERE
15:35 MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT CALLING ON YOUR NAME RIGHT NOW,
15:38 BUT YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
15:40 I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST BLESS THEM, COMFORT THEM, CHEER THEM,
15:44 BLESS EACH ONE HERE TONIGHT ON THIS PANEL.
15:47 WE THANK YOU FOR EACH ONE, FOR THOSE BEHIND THE SEEN, THOSE
15:52 CONSTANTLY WORKING TO BRING THESE PROGRAMS TO EACH ONE OF
15:55 YOU AT HOME. BLESS THEM, AND LORD IN THIS NEW
15:58 YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING FOR GREAT THINGS TO HAPPEN.
16:01 WHY? BECAUSE WE SERVE A GRET AND
16:03 WONDERFUL GOD. BLESS US NOW WE PAY WITH THE
16:07 POWER OF THY HOLY SPIRIT. WE ASK YOU TO HELP US SMILE
16:12 TONIGHT BECAUSE OUR REDEEMER LIVETH.
16:15 >> AMEN. >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO
16:17 HAS TUNED IN, EVERYONE WHO IS GOING TO, EVERYONE WHO HAS A
16:21 NEED TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE MET IF YOU HAVE THAT FAITH IN JESUS
16:27 CHRIST TONIGHT. AND WE THANK YOU IN JESUS
16:32 CHRIST'S NAME, AMEN. >> AMEN.
16:34 >> WE HAVE A SCRIPTURE TONIGHT. ISAIAH 43.
16:40 AND IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. ISAIAH 43:18-19.
16:48 IF YOU HAVE BIBLE OPEN UP AND FOLLOW ALONG.
16:51 IT SAYS DO NOT REMEMBER THE FORMER THNGS, NOR CONSIDER THE
16:56 THINGS OF OLD, OFTEN WE SPEND TIME DWELLS IN THE PAST ON THE
17:01 MISTAKES AND WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.
17:04 VERSE 19, BEHOLD, I WILL DO A NEW THING.
17:07 >> AMEN. >> NOW I SHALL SPRING FORTH.
17:10 I WILL EVEN MAKE A ROAD IN THE WILDERNESS, AND RIVERS IN THE
17:18 DESERT, SO GOD WANTS TO DO A NEW THING IN YOUR HEART AND LIFE
17:21 TONIGHT. HE WANTS TO BRING ABOUT NEW
17:26 CONSECRATION, REDEDICATION, RENEWAL, TRANSFORMATION, VICTORY
17:30 IN YOUR HEART AND LIFE. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
17:33 ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. BUT FIRST LET'S GO TO OUR MUSIC.
17:36 >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD. >> WE HAVE RUDY MICELLI WITH US.
17:39 >> WE SURE DO, AND THE LORD HAS BLESSED HIM WITH A TREMENDOUS
17:43 TALENT. A LITTLE EARLIER HE RECORDED A
17:47 SONG ENTITLED "WERE IT NOT FOR GRACE."
17:50 LET'S GO TO THAT NOW. ♪
18:11 ♪ I MEASURED OUT MY DAY ♪ ♪ LIFE CARRIED ALONG ♪
18:24 ♪ DOWN IN MY SOUL, I LEARNED TO FOLLOW GOD ♪
18:32 ♪ BUT WITH A MELODY SO STRONG ♪ ♪ I WORK HARD TO LEARN HOW
18:47 HEAVEN COULD BEGIN ♪ ♪ JUST TO END WHERE I BEGAN ♪
18:56 ♪ WHERE HUMAN [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ ♪ WERE IT NOT FOR GRACE ♪
19:13 ♪ I CAN TELL YOU WHERE I'D BE ♪ ♪ WONDERING DOWN SOME POINTLESS
19:21 ROAD ♪ INTO NOWHERE ♪
19:27 ♪ WITH MY SALVATION UP TO ME ♪ ♪ I KNOW HOW [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪
19:36 ♪ THE BATTLES I WOULD FACE ♪ ♪ FOREVER RUNNING, BUT LOSING
19:49 THE RACE ♪ ♪ WERE IT NOT FOR GRACE ♪
20:03 ♪ SO HEAR A SONG, ALL MY PRAISE ♪
20:07 ♪ EXPRESSED WITH ALL OF MY HEART ♪
20:14 ♪ OFFERED TO THE FRIEND WHO TOOK MY PLACE ♪
20:25 AND RAN THE COURSE I COULD NOT EVEN START ♪
20:31 ♪ AND WHEN HE SAW THINGS PULL ♪ ♪ JUST HOW MUCH WOULD THE LOVE
20:40 COST ♪ ♪ EVEN IN THE FINAL LINE BETWEEN
20:43 ME AND HEAVEN ♪ ♪ SO I WOULD NOT BE LOST ♪
20:53 ♪ WERE IT NOT FOR GRACE ♪ ♪ I CAN TELL YOU WHERE I'D BE ♪
21:05 ♪ WONDERING DOWN SOME POINTLESS ROAD ♪
21:11 ♪ TO NOWHERE WITH MY SALVATION UP TO ME ♪
21:19 ♪ AND I KNOW ALL THE BATTLES I WOULD FACE ♪
21:31 ♪ FOREVER RUNNING, BUT LOSING THE RACE ♪
21:36 ♪ WERE IT NOT FOR HIS GRACE ♪ ♪ FOREVER RUNNING BUT LOSING THE
21:49 RACE ♪ ♪ WERE IT NOT FOR GRACE ♪
22:04 ♪ CHRIST, AMAZING GRACE ♪
22:16 >> AMOAN -- AMEN, THANK YOU, RUDY MICELLI.
22:24 PRAISE GOD FOR HIS GRACE. >> AMEN.
22:26 >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TUNING IN THIS EVENING ON A THUSDAY NIGHT
22:31 LIVE FOR US IT'S COLD, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE.
22:34 IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN CHRIST WASHES OUR SINS AND HE MAKES
22:41 THEM LOOK WHITE AS SNOW. PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT.
22:43 >> AMEN. AMEN.
22:45 TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDEDICATION OF OUR LIVES AT THE
22:49 START OF THE YEAR. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
22:53 REDEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS? IF SOMEONE WERE TO COME UP AND
22:58 SAY, I HAVE NO IDEA EVEN WHAT THAT CONCEPT MEANS.
23:01 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, REDEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS?
23:05 >> TO REDEDICATE, WOULD MEAN IT HAD TO BE DEDICATED BEFORE.
23:11 >> THAT'S TRUE. >> WHEN YOU SAID THAT, THE
23:15 SCRIPTURE THAT CAME TO ME WAS 1 CORINTHIANS 10:12.
23:20 >> YES. >> THAT -- WHERE PAUL SAYS
23:25 THEREFORE LET HIM WHO THINKS HE STANDS TAKE HEED LEST HE FALL.
23:37 SO TO ME I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO A SPIRITUAL
23:42 INVENTORY EVERY NOW AND THEN. >> AMEN.
23:44 >> BECAUSE YOU CAN THINK THAT YOU ARE DOING THINGS FOR THE
23:46 LORD, YOU ARE DOING -- YOU CAN FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT
23:50 TRACK, BUT PAUL -- PAUL'S WORDS RING IN MY EAR EVERY NOW AND
23:57 THEN. TAKE HEED.
23:58 SO TO REDEDICATE -- I LOVE THE WAY DANNY SAYS IT.
24:02 I THINK IT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO SAY IT.
24:06 IT IS TO SUBMIT AND COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD.
24:09 >> AMEN. >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE
24:14 COME FOR THE LORD, RECOGNIZING THAT -- APART FRM HIM WE CAN DO
24:19 NOTHING. RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS -- WE ARE
24:23 FULLY DEPENDANT UPON HIM. THAT'S HUMILITY, AND THAT'S WHEN
24:27 WE ARE SUBMITTING TO THE LORD, SAYING OKAY, LORD, NOT MY WILL,
24:32 BUT YOURS BE DONE. >> AMEN.
24:34 >> AND THEN COMMITTING -- MAKING THAT COMMITMENT SO IT'S NOT JUST
24:38 A MOMENTARY THING, BUT YOU ARE SAYING, LORD, HERE I AM.
24:43 TAKE ME. >> AMEN.
24:46 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN
24:51 PETER FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE -- >> GOOD.
24:54 >> -- A REDEDICATION IS ALMOST LIKE FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING
24:59 HAPPENED THAT INTERRUPTED YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.
25:02 PERHAPS YOU ARE NOT LIVING YOUR LIFE IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD HAVE,
25:06 AND YOU UNDERSTAND THIS. >> UH-HUH.
25:08 >> AND SO THE PERSON COMES TO A -- THE LORD BRINGS THE PERSON
25:12 TO A DECISION THAT SAYS, I HAVE -- PERHAPS NOT EVEN
25:16 COMPLETELY GONE AWAY FROM THE LORD, BUT FEELS LIKE IN ORDER
25:21 TO -- TO -- TO -- LIKE START AGAIN --
25:25 >> OKAY. >> -- THE PERSON DECIDES TO MAKE
25:27 A COMMITMENT TO SAY, I'M GOING TO, FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD
25:32 FOLLOW THE LORD WITH ALL OF MY HEART.
25:35 PERHAPS I FELL AWAY FOR SOME REASON, AND -- AND PETER
25:39 WAS -- WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THIS FROM JESUS.
25:45 HE SAID, SATAN -- >> WOW.
25:50 >> THAT HE MAY SHIFT YOU. BUT I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU.
25:54 >> AMEN. >> AND THAT IS WONDERFUL.
25:57 AND THE VERSE CONTINUES AND IT SAYS, AND WHEN YOU ARE
26:01 CONVERTED -- >> AMEN.
26:02 >> YES. >> STRENGTHEN THY BRETHREN.-SO THE LORD -- JOOE -- JESUS
26:12 WAS TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING. AND HE DIDN'T KNOW HIMSELF.
26:15 HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM, BUT JESUS SAID I
26:19 HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU, AND PETER HAD TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
26:24 WE KNOW HE DENIED THE LORD THREE TIMES, AND WHEN HE REALIZED THAT
26:29 HE DID -- WHEN IT FINALLY DAWNED ON HIM, AND I LOVE THE SCRIPTURE
26:33 THAT SAYS -- AND IT'S REALLY MARVELOUS.
26:36 I GET INTO THAT MOMENT, BECAUSE WHEN PETER FOR THE THIRD TIME
26:41 DENIES CHRIST, IT'S LIKE THE BIBLE TAKES YOU FROM THE SCENE
26:49 OF PETER DENYING, EVEN CURSING, AND IT SAYS AND THE LORD TURNED.
26:54 >> YES. >> AND PETER SAW -- AND I SEE
26:57 JESUS LOOKING AT HIM NOT ANGRY, BUT LOVINGLY, YOU KNOW?
27:01 >> AMEN. >> AND PETER REALIZED IT.
27:05 IT SAYS HE WENT OUT AND HE WEPT BITTERLY.
27:10 AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO COME TO THAT MOMENT TO REALIZED WE HAVE
27:18 FAILED. AND THE WONDERFUL THING IS, WE
27:21 HAVE THE PARABLE THAT TELLS US JESUS WILL RECEIVE US WAY, WAY
27:33 OFF. >> AND HE SAYS HE WHO COMETH TO
27:37 ME, I WILL NEVER CAST OUT. SO YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
27:41 FAR FROM JESUS, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS HE WILL NEVER CAST YOU OUT.
27:47 SHELLEY, I'M SORRY. >> I WAS GOING TO SHARE
27:50 SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH IT, BECAUSE WHEN THE LORD SAYS WHEN
27:55 YOU ARE CONVERTED -- >> UH-HUH.
27:58 >> MY MOTHER HAD TOTAL CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY ARREST.
28:04 SHE DIDN'T BREATHE FOR OVER 15 MINUTES.
28:06 THEY KEPT WORKING ON HER AND BROUGHT HER BACK.
28:09 SHE WAS IN INTENSIVE CARE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND I WAS THERE
28:14 20 HOURS A DAY, AND HER HEART EVERY NOW AND THEN WOULD STOP
28:21 AGAIN. THEY WOULD SHOE ME OUT.
28:24 BRING IN THE CRASH CART, AND APPLY THE PADDLES.
28:28 AND THE DOCTOR CAME OUT ONE NIGHT AND SAID, WE HAVE
28:33 SUCCESSFULLY CONVERTED HER HEART.
28:35 >> THAT'S INTERESTING. >> AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY
28:38 CALL IT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING -- CONVERSION IS IN
28:43 THERE. BUT I THINK OF CONVERSION, WHEN
28:45 YOU WERE SAYING LIKE -- SOMETIMES WE GET OUT OF
28:48 RHYTHM WITH THE LORD. SOMETIMES -- MAYBE OUR HEART
28:52 JUST ISN'T BEATING ONE WITH HIM, OR SOMETIMES MAYBE WE HAVE DONE
28:56 SOMETHING THAT IT'S JUST ALMOST LIKE OUR SPIRITUAL -- YOU KNOW,
29:00 WE JUST BARELY HAVE GOT A PULSE LEFT, AND I SEE THE LORD
29:05 REACHING DOWN WITH HANDS OF LOVE, TOUCHING OUR HEART.
29:10 IT'S JUST LIKE THE PROMISE OF THE NEW COVENANT, THAT HE WILL
29:14 GIVE US A NEW HEART, AND I SEE HIM REACHING DOWN, AND JUST LIKE
29:19 ELECTRICAL PADDLES, TOUCHING OUR HEART WITH HIS LOVE AND HIS
29:23 LIGHT, AND CONVERTING US. >> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
29:26 YOU KNOW, YOU REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING THAT -- WHEN I WAS
29:30 LEARNING TO DRIVE, I HEARD OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD FALL ASLEEP
29:34 DRIVING. AND TO ME THAT WAS LIKE, WHAT?
29:36 HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? >> HOW CAN THAT BE?
29:39 >> EXACTLY. IT DIDN'T FIT IN MY MIND, BUT I
29:42 REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED TO ME, AND IT HAS
29:46 HAPPENED OTHER TIMES, THAT I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND I
29:51 WENT -- AND I SAID, IT HAPPENED TO ME.
29:55 AND I WAS REALLY ALERT AFTER THAT, BUT I WAS LIKE, IT
29:58 HAPPENS. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS
30:00 THING HAPPENS TO YOU, AND I THINK SOMETIMES, FOR SOME
30:04 PEOPLE, THE SPIRITUAL LIFE IS JUST LIKE THAT.
30:08 THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE SLOWLY FALLING ASLEEP
30:12 SPIRITUALLY. >> YES.
30:13 >> AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH LIFE, NOT CONNECTED TO THE LORD,
30:16 AND -- AND THE LOR SEEMS TO SEND LITTLE MESSAGES AND
30:21 SEGMENTALS TO PEOPLE AND THINGS --
30:23 >> OH, YES. >> -- AND WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT
30:27 THIS -- YOU ARE DRIFTING FROM THE -- FROM THE LORD.
30:31 IT'S LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE SWIMMING -- THEY DON'T KNOW
30:35 WHEN THEY HAVE GONE INTO DEEP WATERS, AND THEY CAN'T SWIM,
30:38 THEY CAN'T HANDLE IT. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
30:41 THE CURRENT TAKES THEM AWAY. AND SOMETIMES THE CURRENT OF
30:45 LIFE, ACTIVITIES, WORK, EVEN FALLING INTO SIN --
30:48 >> UH-HUH. >> -- THE DEVIL TRIES TO -- LIKE
30:52 THOSE LITTLE -- YOU PUT THE LITTLE BAITS, HE KEEPS PUTTING
30:59 LITTLE BAITS, AND YOU KEEP TAKING, TAKING, UNTIL YOU FIND
31:04 YOURSELF FAR AWAY FROM THE LORD. AND THE WONDERFUL THING IS, YOU
31:07 DECIDE TO COME BACK TO JESUS, AND THE WELCOME SIDE IS OUT, AND
31:11 THE LORD IS -- I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, NOR FORSAKE YOU, I
31:16 WILL NEVER CAST YOU OUT. AND THAT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE.
31:21 >> AMEN. >> PASTOR KENNY.
31:26 >> IN THE BIBLE REDEDICATION IS NOTHING NEW.
31:29 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE HOLY MEN OF GOD EXPERIENCED, AND WHEN
31:34 YOU MENTIONED PETER A WHILE AGO, I SAID SOMETIMES I SEE MY OWN
31:41 CHARACTERISTICS, YOU KNOW, PETER MORE RAMBUNCTIOUS,
31:44 BECAUSE -- REMEMBER, TWICE YOU MENTIONED THERE THAT
31:47 WHEN -- PETER WAS -- FEED MY SHEEP.
31:50 FEED MY SHEEP. BUT WHEN HE WAS CONVERTED, WHAT
31:54 DID JESUS SAY? HE SAID FEED MY LAMBS.
31:57 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE,
31:59 BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE WANT TO FEED THE SHEEP AND GIVE WHAT
32:04 MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT. THEY MAY NOT BE HUNGRY, BUT THEY
32:06 ARE GOING TO GET IT. ARE YOU STILL WITH ME?
32:11 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YES.
32:12 >> BUT WHEN CONVERSION COMES, IT HELPS US BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
32:17 THERE ARE SOME LAMBS. THERE ARE SOME WEE ONES IN
32:21 THERE, THERE ARE LITTLE ONES THAT NEED A SPECIAL TOUCH.
32:26 THEY DON'T NEED SUCH HARD THINGS.
32:28 SO DEDICATION IS NOTHING NEW, BUT WE NEED TO THINK -- I DO
32:33 WHEN I REDEDICATE MYSELF, IT'S ON A DAILY BASIS, AND IT COULD
32:38 BE SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE DAY. I NEED TO SAY, LORD, LOOK, I
32:44 NEED SOME HELP HERE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, I
32:47 GIVE THE LORD PERMISSION TO COME IN AND TO SEND THOSE ANGELS AND
32:53 HOLY SPIRIT TO GET ME BEFORE I MESS UP, OR BEFORE SOMETHING
32:57 GOES HAYWIRE OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO COME IN THERE
33:00 AND HELP. WE ASK THEM TO BE THERE TO HELP
33:03 US. >> AMEN.
33:04 >> BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DEDICATION, OR REDEDICATION, IT
33:08 SHOULD BE TO SOMETHING IN THE CAUSE OF CHRIST,
33:12 SOMETHING -- THAT'S WHAT DEDICATION IS.
33:15 IT'S SET APART FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSE, REALLY.
33:19 IT'S A DEVOTION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO A CERTAIN CAUSE.
33:23 I NEED TO REDEDICATE FOR MY DUTY, FOR MY WORK FOR CHRIST,
33:28 BECAUSE I THINK GOD HAS SOMETHING BIGGER AND GREATER FOR
33:32 EACH ONE OF US. HE HAS MORE FOR EACH ONE OF US
33:36 TO DO. >> YES.
33:38 >> OUR CHILDREN, FOR INSTANCE, THERE NEEDS TO BE -- OUR
33:41 CHILDREN NEED TO BE DEDICATED WHEN THEY ARE JUST YOUNG.
33:47 YOU TAKE THEM TO THE MINISTER, AND YOU PRAY FOR THEM.
33:53 IT NEEDS TO BE. SALOMON HAD A PRAYER ABOUT THE
33:56 TEMPLE. WHAT A PRAYER IT WAS.
33:59 HE SAW THE LORD'S FACE. HE FOUND HIM.
34:02 HE FOUND THINK POWER THERE. HE OPENED THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN,
34:07 AND WHEN IT WAS TIME, EVERYTHING WAS CONSUMED.
34:10 WHAT AN AWESOME THING TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU WERE PRESENT.
34:15 AND THEN THAT TREMENDOUS PRAYER OF FAITH, AND HE WAS IN TUNE
34:18 WITH GOD, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THOSE WINDOWS CAME OPEN, AND
34:23 THIS FIRE COMES DOWN AND DeVIERS EVERYTHING.
34:27 AND GOD SAID, I'M WELL PLEASED. >> AMEN.
34:31 >> WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR ME? I MIGHT JUMP AND RUN IN THE
34:35 OTHER DIRECTION, I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUMP AND
34:41 SHOUT. IT MIGHT BE FRIEZ
34:45 -- FRIGHTENING, POSSIBLY. BUT TO SAY THIS IS WHAT I WANT
34:49 FOR MY PEOPLE. TO DEDICATION, REDEDICATION, I
34:52 THINK IS SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME. JESUS ATTENDED THE FEAST OF
34:57 DEDICATION, BUT WHEN HE WAS ATTENDING THAT FEAST OF
35:00 DEDICATION, WAS THE TIME THEY EXPERIENCED IN JERUSALEM, HE WAS
35:12 CAL CALLED A BLASPHT FAER, AND JESUS
35:18 SAID HE WAS THE LIGHT IN THIS DARK WORLD.
35:20 >> AMEN. >> BUT THEY DIDN'T PERCEIVE IT.
35:24 AND SOMETIMES IT MAKES ME WANT TO WEEP WHEN I READ THOSE PASS
35:29 AGES, JUST THE THINGS THAT THEY DID TO A SAVIOR, HE LOOKED AT
35:35 THEM WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION, AND REACHED OUT ONE MORE TIME.
35:40 AND SOMETIMES I WANT TO JUST LET SOMETHING GO, AND I NEED TO
35:44 BEHOLD HIM. HE -- HE IS THE TEACHER.
35:47 HE IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. AND I BEHOLD HIM.
35:51 I SENSE A REDEDICATION EVERY MOMENT OF MY LIFE, BECAUSE
35:58 THERE'S NOTHING GOOD HERE BUT THROUGH HIM.
36:00 I LIKE ALL OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE I THINK, AND I KNOW EACH
36:04 ONE HERE, AND THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, MOST EVERYONE ONE WHO IS
36:08 TRYING TO FOLLOW JESUS, YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IT.
36:11 YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IT, AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED A NEED FOR
36:16 REDEDICATION, GETTING THINGS OUT OF MY LIFE AND GETTING THINGS
36:20 RIGHT SO THAT HEAVEN CAN BE MY HOME.
36:23 >> AND IT NEEDS TO BE ON A DAILY BASIS, LIKE YOU SAID.
36:28 WE TALKED ABOUT NEW YEAR'S -RESOLUTIONS, BUT IT'S A DAILY PROCESS.
36:34 I KNOW HERE I WAS RUNNING AROUND CRAZE ILLY ON SOME THINGS, AND
36:38 THEN IT WAS JUST LIKE, SIT DOWN BEHIND MY DES AND SAY, LORD,
36:43 HELP ME RIGHT HERE. AND I NEED TO DO THAT MORE
36:46 OFTEN. OKAY.
36:49 GOD, CAN YOU TAKE CONTROL HERE, AND I DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
36:52 ALL OF THESE THINGS. YOU HAVE IT IN CONTROL.
36:56 EARLIER THIS WEEK -- I LIKE SALES, AND TO ME -- THIS STORY
37:00 HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF -- IT HAS HARDWARES AND TOOLS AND ALL
37:06 KINDS OF STUFF -- >> IT'S A GUY STORE.
37:11 [ LAUGHTER ] >> DO YOU WANT TO TELL THEM WHAT
37:13 THE STORE IS? >> WELL, FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT IS
37:16 ONLY IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, BUT I WAS WALKING
37:19 THROUGH THE STORE AND GETTING TOOLS AND DIFFERENT THINGS I
37:23 NEEDED, AND I SAW THIS VASE, AND IT WAS ON CLEARANCE, SO THEY DID
37:26 HAVE A LADY'S THING THERE, DIDN'T THEY?
37:30 [ LAUGHTER ] >> ANYWAY, THEY HAD A VASE OFF
37:32 IN THE CORNER, AND IT HAD A LITTLE RED STICKER ON IT AND IT
37:36 SAID $2. AND I SAID WOW, THAT'S A VERY
37:41 PRETTY VASE. I THINK JILL WOULD LIKE THAT.
37:43 AND THE VASE IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS DUST ALL OVER IT, BUT
37:47 IT WASN'T LIKE YOU WOULD GO -- AND BLOW IT UP.
37:53 THE DUST WAS STUCK TO THIS GLASS VASE.
37:56 IT WAS REALLY PRETTY. AND HAD ETCHING -- NOT
37:59 ETCHING -- BUT ANY WAY IT WAS REALLY PRETTY.
38:03 BUT IT HAD DIRT INSIDE AND EVEN DRIED SHRIVELLED BUGS IN THE
38:09 BOTTOM. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GET IT AS A
38:11 GIFT FOR MY WIFE. THIS DOESN'T SOUND TOO GOOD,
38:16 DOES IT? [ LAUGHTER ]
38:19 >> BUT IT GETS BETTER. SO I BROUGHT IT HOME, AND I WAS
38:22 ALL EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND I SAID, OH, SWEETY, I SAID I GOT A
38:27 GIFT FOR YOU. I PULLED IT OUT, AND I SAID
38:31 DIDN'T THAT NICE? AND -- WELL, THIS IS WHAT SHE
38:35 SAID. SHE SAID, YEAH.
38:37 [ LAUGHTER ] >> OH, MY.
38:37 >> I WAS TRYING TO NOT MAKE HIM FEEL BAD, BUT IT WAS NOT
38:43 ACTUALLY THAT NICE.-p[ LAUGHTER ] >> SO I SAID TO HER -- I
38:46 SAID -- WELL -- YOU KNOW -- OKAY.
38:49 YEAH, I CONFESS, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO CLEAN IT UP.
38:53 I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, JILL IS GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING REALLY
38:57 NICE OUT OF THIS VASE. BECAUSE I KNOW IT HAS A LOT OF
39:01 POTENTIAL. AND YES, YOU ARE CORRECT, I
39:03 SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO CLEAN IT UP.
39:07 BUT MY DEAR WIFE, TOOK SOME WINDEX TO IT, SOME NICE SOAPY
39:12 WATER -- >> AND DUMPED THE BUGS OUT.
39:17 >> YEAH. >> YOU ARE A ROMANTIC.
39:19 >> I'M REMINDED OF THIS, BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER
39:23 BEFORE WE WERE COMING HERE THIS EVENING, BUT THAT VASE LOOKS
39:29 BEAUTIFUL. >> IT IS FABULOUS.
39:30 IT IS GORGEOUS, AND SUCH A SWEET GIFT.
39:34 >> I WAS REMINDED OF IT, BECAUSE YOU USED THE TEXT ISAIAH, AND IT
39:40 WAS TALKING ABOUT DOING A NEW THING.
39:44 SO THE POOR VASE, IT COULDN'T CLEAN ITSELF UP.
39:47 SO I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, I'M A MESS.
39:50 I HAVE MAYBE BUGS ON THE INSIDE, DIRT, JUNK, WHATEVER ON THE
39:55 OUTSIDE. I CANNOT CLEAN MYSELF.
39:57 I CAN PHYSICALLY TAKE SOAP AND WATER, BUT I WANT YOU TONIGHT TO
40:02 REALIZE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONE THAT DOES CLEANING UP.
40:06 THAT VASE DIDN'T FIGHT JILL WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP,
40:11 SO THE KEY IS SURRENDER, AND THE REDEDICATION TO CHRIST IS, GOD,
40:16 I AM YOURS. BECAUSE WE CAN GET STRESSED AND
40:19 I SAY HOW DO I CLEAN MYSELF UP? HOW DO I GET THESE BUGS UP?
40:23 SO I THINK IT'S THAT CONVERSION EXPERIENCE OF ALLOWING GOD TO
40:28 TAKE THE JUNK OUT OF OUR LIVES, AND NOT BE STRESSED ABOUT IT,
40:32 BUT THERE IS A PART WE HAVE TO PLAY.
40:34 >> AMEN. YOU USED THE WORD SURRENDER, AND
40:40 I KNOW J.D. IS WATCHING AT HOME. AND HE IS SAYING, EXPLAIN WHAT
40:50 SURRENDER MEANS. I WOULD SAY TO HIM, HONEY, YOU
40:54 JUST HAVE TO SURRENDER, AND IT WAS -- THE WORD IS -- IS
41:00 SOMETHING THAT SOME PEOPLE -- IT'S OFF-PUTTING TO
41:04 COME, BUT THE WORD SURRENDER SIMPLY MEANS THAT YOU YIELD
41:10 CONTROL -- >> THAT'S GOOD.
41:11 >> -- IT'S JUST YIELDING CONTROL TO GOD.
41:14 IT'S JUST GETTING TO THAT POINT. >> YES.
41:16 >> WHERE -- YOU KNOW -- JESUS SAID THAT -- IF ANY MAN WOULD
41:21 COME AFTER ME, LET HIM PICK UP -- DENY HIMSELF AND PICK UP
41:28 HIS CROSS -- >> AND FOLLOW ME.
41:29 >> AND FOLLOW ME. WELL, I THINK OF THIS
41:33 THAT -- HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, OH, WE HAVE ALL
41:36 GOT OUR CROSS TO BEAR. AND IT'S SOME PROBLEM.
41:45 BUT WHAT JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT IS WHEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT
41:50 WHERE YOU RECOGNIZE YOU NEED TO [ INAUDIBLE ] ITSELF.
41:54 BUT ROMANS 8:13 -- CAN WE TURN THERE?
42:01 >> YES. >> ROMANS 8:13.
42:12 WE CAN'T CRUCIFY OUR OWN FLESH. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
42:17 JESUS SAID APART FROM ME, YOU CAN DO NOTHING.
42:20 SO IN ROMANS 8:13 PAUL WRITES AND SAYS IF YOU LIVING A
42:26 CHORDING TO THE FLESH, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
42:28 >> YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. >> YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.
42:32 YOU ARE GOING TO DIE SPIRITUALLY AND SUFFER THE SECOND DEATH AS
42:37 WELL, BUT HE SAID, IF BY THE SPIRIT --
42:39 >> POWERFUL. >> -- YOU PUT TO DEATH THE
42:44 MISDEADS OF THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE.
42:47 SO HERE YOU SEE THIS WHOLE IDEA OF REDEDICATING OUR LIVES,
42:52 SURRENDERING, GIVING GOD CONTROL.
42:54 IT'S THIS IDEA OF SAYING LORD, FILL ME AFRESH DAY BY DAY.->> AMEN.
42:59 >> I'M ASKING, I'M SEEKING. I'M KNOCKING.
43:05 FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, AND HELP ME, BECAUSE YOU SEE,
43:10 IT'S BY THE SPIRIT YOU PUT TO DEATH, SO IT TAKES THE TWO OF
43:13 YOU WORKING IN COOPERATION. SO YOU CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR OWN,
43:18 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT GOING TO FORCE GOD'S WAYS ON YOU.
43:22 WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY HELP ME TO COOPERATE.
43:27 I'M WILLING TO DO YOUR WILL. OR I'M WILLING TO BE MADE
43:31 WILLING, YOU KNOW? >> AMEN.
43:33 >> SO THAT IS PART OF WHAT THIS -IS ALL ABOUT. >> AMEN.
43:38 WELL SAID. >> AND THAT'S NOT -- I
43:40 MEAN -- THAT VERSE -- IT'S ALL THERE -- IT'S LIKE PACKAGED IN
43:44 THERE REALLY NICE. >> AMEN.
43:46 >> UH-HUH. >> AND IT'S COOPERATION.
43:49 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND OUR PART -- YOU KNOW,
43:52 WHEN YOU THINK -- WHEN -- WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES, IT'S
43:57 A PROCESS BY WHICH THE LORD THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
44:00 WORKING IN OUR HEARTS. IT'S LIKE THE LORD GIVES US A
44:04 GIFT. I'M GOING TO HELP YOU.
44:07 >> YES. >> COME TO ME.
44:10 I'M GOING TO HELP YOU COME TO ME.
44:12 WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE. >> WE DO.
44:15 >> SO THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN. IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAVE TO
44:19 GIVE UP, YIELD -- >> YES.
44:21 >> YIELD. AND WHAT DOES THE WORD YIELD
44:24 MEAN? IT MEANS YOU STOP, BUT YOU HAVE
44:26 TO MAKE A CHOICE TO LET THE LORD TAKE CONTROL.
44:29 BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT TO -- WE ALWAYS WANT TO GRAB -- I'M GOING
44:33 TO DRIVE NOW. WE ALWAYS WANT TO -- CAN I DRIVE
44:37 NOW? >> WHEN YOU ARE YIELDING, YOU
44:41 ARE LETTING SOMEONE ELSE GET OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, RIGHT?
44:44 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> LEAD.
44:45 >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. >> SO IT SAYS HERE AS MANY AS
44:49 ARE LEAD BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THESE ARE THE SONS OF GOD, THIS
44:53 IS THE NEXT VERSE, BUT IT SAYS IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE
44:58 FLESH, SO LIVING MEANS IT'S -- IT'S A WAY OF --
45:02 >> HOW YOU WALK. >> HOW YOU WALK.
45:05 EVERY DAY HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE.
45:07 SO IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, AND THE FLESH WANTS TO DO
45:12 WHAT? DO EVIL, AND THIS IS WHY WHEN
45:15 YOU AR TALKING ABOUT THE CROSS, AND THE CROSS SAYS YOU HAVE TO
45:19 CRUCIFY SELF, IT MAY NOT BE A PLEASANT THING TO SOME PEOPLE,
45:24 BUT IT'S THE BEST THING. >> AND THERE IS SOMEBODY OUT
45:29 THERE SAYING, I DON'T WANT TO YIELD.
45:32 YOU KNOW? I DON'T WANT TO YIELD.
45:34 I DON'T WANT IT TO BE GOD'S WAY. AND IF YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE
45:38 GOD'S WAY, AND YET YOU THINK, I KNOW I SHOULD, BUT HOW DO I GET
45:44 THERE? JESUS SAID BLESSED ARE THEY WHO
45:47 HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND IT WILL BE
45:50 FILLED. >> THAT'S A PROMISE.
45:52 >> IT'S A PROMISE. >> YES, IT IS.
45:54 >> BUT IF YOU ARE NOT HUNGERING AND THRUSTING AFTER
46:00 RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUST SAY LORD CAUSE ME, CAUSE ME TO HUNGER AND
46:07 THRUST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS, I GUARANTEE HE WILL.
46:11 >> AMEN. >> FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW,
46:13 THERE'S CONSEQUENCES TO SURRENDER.
46:16 >> YEAH. >> CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE
46:20 SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO MAKE -- SURRENDER, TO GIVE THEIR
46:24 LIFE TO CHRIST, BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE.
46:28 CHANGES THEY DON'T REALLY WANT. THEY KNOW THEY NEED THEM.
46:31 THEY KNOW IT SHOULD HAPPEN, BUT THEY ARE AFRAID.
46:35 THEY DO NOT TRUT GOD. SO WE HAVE TO COME TO THE POINT
46:38 TO REALIZE IN SCRIPTURE, THERE IS NO PEACE WITHOUT SURRENDER.
46:44 WE CAN HAVE NO PEACE IN THIS LIFE UNLESS WE SURRENDER.
46:50 AND WE LOVE "STEPS TO CHRIST," AND IT SAID HOW TO MAKE A
46:56 SURRENDER. AND I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDSEL
46:58 MEANT TRY, BUT I WANT TO READ A PARAGRAPH.
47:01 I THINK IT'S SO INTERESTING, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY WHO WANT
47:04 TO MAKE IT, BUT THEY ARE AFRAID THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE
47:09 UP SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO HOLD ON TO.
47:11 I CAN TELL YOU THIS, IF YOU MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST, YOUR LIFE
47:15 IS GOING TO CHANGE DRASTICALLY FOR THE GOOD.
47:18 >> AMEN. >> IT'S FOR THE GOOD.
47:20 >> AMEN. >> AND YOU WILL SAY, WHAT TOOK
47:24 ME SO LONG? BUT IT SAYS HOW TO MAKE THIS,
47:27 THAT'S "STEPS TO CHRIST" PAGE 47 AND 8.
47:32 IT SAYS YOU WANT TO MAKE THE SURRENDER, BUT YOU ARE WEAK AND
47:36 YOUR MORALLY BEGIN TO DOUBT, AND IT SAYS, YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR
47:41 THOUGHTS. YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE BAD HABITS
47:43 OR THE BROKEN PROMISES. HOPE IF WE UNDERSTAND THE TRUE
47:47 FORCE OF THE WILL, WHICH WE KNOW IS THE GOVERNING POWER IN THE
47:51 NATURE OF MAN. THE POWER OF DECISION AND THE
47:54 COURSE OF CHOICE, WE CAN'T CHANGE OURSELVES, BUT WE CAN
48:00 CHOOSE TO SERVE HIM. WE CAN CHOOSE TO GIVE HIM YOUR
48:04 WILL. YOU CAN CHOOSE, THE WHOLE NATURE
48:07 THEN WILL BE CONTROLLED BY GOD. INTERESTING.
48:10 WE CHOOSE TO -- WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION -- I CHOOSE.
48:13 WHATEVER HAPPENS. I MENTIONED ONE TIME BEFORE, WE
48:16 HAVE TO COME TO THE POINT TO WHERE WE LOVE HIM AND TRUST HIM
48:20 ENOUGH. >> UH-HUH.
48:21 >> WITH YOUR LIFE. >> YEP.
48:23 >> WITH YOUR COMPANION, WITH OUR CHILDREN.
48:25 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED NOT TOO LONG AGO.
48:29 I HAD TO COME TO THAT POINT IN MY LIFE WHERE I COULD TRUST HIM.
48:34 WE'RE PRAYING FOR HIM, AND I TRUST GOD.
48:38 COME TO TRUST HIM. AND MAKE THAT SURRENDER TO HIM.
48:42 BEST CHOICE YOU WILL MAKE. IT WOULD SURE BE A BLESSING IF
48:47 YOU DO. IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE THE TOTAL
48:50 SURRENDER TO HIM. IT NEEDS TO BE TOTAL.
48:53 IT NEEDS TO BE CHRIST. NOT I, BUT CHRIST.
48:56 >> AMEN. >> WE WANT TO GET TO SOME
49:00 QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET TO THE SECOND HOUR.
49:02 IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, YOU CAN CONTACT US LIVE@3ABN.TV, OR
49:08 CALL US AT 618-627-4651 WITH PRAYER REQUESTS.
49:11 I EVEN SEE SOME PRAYER REQUESTS COMING IN THIS EVENING, SOME
49:16 QUESTIONS, AND MAYBE EVEN SOME COMMENTS.
49:18 WE'RE A FAMILY, WE'RE A TEAM. WE'RE IN THIS THING TOGETHER.
49:22 SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
49:25 THIS HERE IS A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL, AND IT SAYS HOW IN
49:30 PRACTICAL TERMS DO YOU PICK UP YOUR CROSS?
49:34 WE TAKED ABOUT THE CROSS EARLIER.
49:37 [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> YEAH.
49:38 SO HOW IN PRACTICAL TERMS DO YOU PICK UP YOUR CROSS.
49:42 THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. >> HERE IS HOW THE LORD TAUGHT
49:47 ME ABOUT SURRENDER, BECAUSE I WAS JUST BEGGING HIM.
49:51 REMEMBER IN 1 CORINTHIANS 3:18, WHERE IT SAYS -- ISN'T THAT THE
49:59 SCRIPTURE -- WHERE IT SAYS, WE'RE LOOK GOING A
50:06 MIRROR -- THAT WE ARE BEING TRANSFORMED FROM --
50:09 >> THAT'S RIGHT. GLORY TO GLORY.
50:13 >> -- GLORY TO GLORY BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
50:17 I WAS CLAIMING THAT ONE DAY. THANK YOU, FATHER THAT I AM
50:21 BEING TRANSFORMED GLORY TO GLORY, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I
50:27 JUST BURST OUT CRYING. AND I THOUGHT I DON'T FEEL LIKE
50:30 I AM GOING FROM ON LEVEL OF YOUR CHARACTER TO THE NEXT.
50:35 AND I SAID, LORD, WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS HOLDING ME BACK.
50:39 >> YES. >> I JUST -- YOU KNOW, I DON'T
50:42 UNDERSTAND THIS. AND I SHOULD HAVE REFRESHED MY
50:45 MEMORY ON THIS, BUT HE WAS JUST BRINGING THIS BACK TO ME, BUT HE
50:53 SAID, SO CLEARLY -- HE SAID, I WILL SOON SHOW YOU THE -- OR HOW
51:00 DID HE SAY IT? THE WALL THAT -- LIKE THE
51:05 BARRIER BETWEEN US. >> WOW.
51:07 >> ANYWAY, WHAT HE SHOWED ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, WHAT HE
51:14 SAID TO ME, IS THIS WALL THAT WAS BETWEEN US, WAS A WALL OF
51:20 SELF PRESERVATION. >> WOW.
51:23 SELF PRESERVATION. >> SELF PRESERVATION.
51:26 >> WOW. >> ISN'T THAT POWERFUL?
51:29 >> THAT IS. SO TO PICK UP YOUR CROSS.
51:32 HE SHOWED ME THREE STEPS. FIRST YOU JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW
51:37 THE PATH OF CHRIST'S PASSION, AND IN THE FIRST PART OF HIS
51:41 PASSION WAS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, WHERE HE SAID, LORD,
51:48 NOT MY WILL BUT YOURS BE DONE, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE GOT TO GET
51:52 TO THE POINT OF SAYING, LORD, PLEASE WORK YOUR WILL IN MY
51:56 LIFE. HE KNOWS THE END FROM THE
51:58 BEGINNING. IT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH BETTER
52:01 WHEN HE DOES. BUT THE IDEA OF PICKING UP YOUR
52:06 CROSS MEANS YOU ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR CERTAIN THINGS IN YOUR
52:12 LIFE. AND MAYBE YOU ARE SMOKING.
52:15 MAYBE YOU ARE HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A MARRIED PERSON -- OR
52:21 AFFAIR PERIOD, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE,
52:24 AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT PLEASING TO THE LORD, AND YOU DON'T YET
52:27 HAVE THE STRENGTH TO GIVE IT UP, BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO GET TO THAT
52:32 POINT WHERE YOU ARE WILLING TO DO HIS WILL, WHERE YOU ARE
52:36 SAYING, LORD, PLEASE HELP ME TO PICK UP THIS CROSS AND DIE TO
52:41 THIS, AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE BY THE POWER OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT,
52:45 AND I WANT TO READ YOU -- I LOVE THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING
52:49 THAT THE LORD GAVE ME, THAT I WAS PRAYING CONTINUALLY AS HE
52:53 WAS TEACHING ME TO SURRENDER. IT'S PSALM 143, I'M -- LET'S
53:04 BEGIN WITH VERSE 7. PSALM 143:7, AND I WOULD PRAY
53:11 THIS. ANSWER ME SEED ILLY OLD LORD.
53:17 DO NOT HIDE YOUR FACE FROM ME. CAUSE ME TO HEAR YOUR LOVING
53:20 KINDNESS IN THE MORNING, FOR IN YOU DO I TRUST.
53:25 CAUSE ME TO KNOW THE WAY IN WHICH I SHOULD WALK, WHEN I LIFT
53:30 UP MY SOUL TO YOU, DELIVER ME FROM MY ENEMIES, TEACH ME TO DO
53:37 YOUR WILL, FOR YOU ARE MY GOD. YOUR SPIRIT IS GOOD.-pLEAD ME IN THE LAND OF UP -RIGHTNESS.
53:48 REVIVE ME OH LORD FOR YOUR NAMESAKE, FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
53:53 SAKE, BRING MY SOUL OUT OF TROUBLE.
53:55 SO IF YOU FOLLOW CHRIST'S PASSION, FIRST IT WAS THE GARDEN
54:00 OF GETHSEMANE, THEN IT PICKED UP HIS CROSS AND PAUL TALKS SO MUCH
54:04 IN GALATIANS ABOUT -- I HAVE BEEN KRAUSEFIED WITH CHRIST.
54:09 HE TALKS A LOT ABOUT CRUCIFYING THE FLESH, BUT WE ALREADY TALKED
54:16 ABOUT THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR OWN.
54:19 SO IT'S THOUGH HOLY SPIRIT. BUT SOME PEOPLE SO CONCENTRATE
54:24 ON MORTIFYING THE FLESH, AND I WAS GETTING INTO THAT, EVEN,
54:29 LIKE, WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.
54:31 AND FINALLY IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, GET ON WITH IT, MY CHILD, I
54:38 DIDN'T STAY IN THE GRAVE FOREVER.
54:40 SO IT'S THAT RESURRECTION MORNING.
54:45 IN LUKE 13:11, WHEN JESUS SAID SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND, KNOCK
54:50 AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPEN TO YOU, AND THOSE ARE LINEAR VERBS.
54:55 THEY ARE -- IT MEANS THAT IF -- TO BETTER TRANSLATED INTO
54:59 ENGLISH, WE OUGHT TO BE -- JESUS WAS SAYING, ASK AND KEEP ON
55:04 ASKING, SEEK AND KEEP ON SEEKING, KNOCK AND KEEP ON
55:07 KNOCKING, AND THEN HE SAYS IF YOU BEING EVIL KNOW HOW TO GIVE
55:13 GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE DOES THE HEAVENLY FATHER
55:17 KNOW HOW TO GIVE YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT.
55:21 >> JESUS PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER, DIDN'T HE?
55:24 THE FIRST IS DENY SELF. DENY SELF.
55:27 BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PICK UP A CROSS UNLESS YOU DENY
55:31 SELF. AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW
55:34 HIM UNLESS YOU DENY SELF. JESUS PUT IT IN THE PERFECT
55:40 ORDER. IT HAS TO DO WITH DENIAL OF
55:44 SELF. AND LET JESUS REIGN WHERE SELF
55:48 WAS ONCE REIGNING SUPREME. >> AMEN.
55:51 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE-TODAY -- A CROSS WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
55:57 PEOPLE PUT CROSSES IN THE CEMETERIES, WHICH MEANS THOSE
56:01 PEOPLE IN THE GRAVES ARE DEAD. SO THAT HAPPENS WILL HELP
56:07 UNDERSTAND WHEN JESUS SAYS PICK UP THE CROSS, YOU ARE GOING TO
56:10 PUT SELF TO DEATH. SO THE SCRIPTURE THAT SHELLEY
56:14 READ BEFORE, IF YOU BUY THE HOLY SPIRIT PUT TO DEATH THE DEEDS OF
56:20 THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE. SO TAKING UP THE CROSS MEANS
56:24 EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU GET UP, YOU COMMIT AND SUBMIT YOUR LIFE
56:29 TO THE LORD. YOU SAID LORD, I'M GIVING YOU
56:32 CONTROL. THAT'S TAKING UP THE CROSS.
56:34 I'M GIVING YOU CONTROL OF MY LIFE.
56:36 I SURRENDER. I GIVE MYSELF TO YOU.
56:39 AND IT'S LIKE YOU SAY, THE STEPS TO CHRIST SAYS YOU CANNOT EVEN
56:44 GIVE YOUR WILL TO HIM. >> YEAH.
56:45 >> BUT YOU CAN SAY, LORD, I CONSENT FOR YOU TO TAKE MY WILL.
56:50 >> ANOTHER WORD FOR SURRENDER IS CONSENT.
56:54 YOU ARE CONSENT. IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.
56:56 >> AMEN. >> AMEN.
57:00 >> I LOVE PHILIPPIANS 2, IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN US OF HIS
57:08 PLEASURE. GOD WANTS TO WORK IN YOUR LIFE
57:13 AND OUR LIFE TO DO HIS WILL. GOD KNOWS THAT WE ARE WEAK OF
57:18 OURSELVES, BUT WHEN WE CONSENT, WHEN WE YIELD TO HIM, HE WILL
57:23 TAKE CONTROL. WE ARE JUST AT THE END OF OUR
57:25 FIRST HOUR, BUT DON'T GO AWAY. I GOT A STACK OF QUESTIONS AND
57:30 PRAYER REQUESTS. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THOSE IN
57:33 THE SECOND HOUR. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DONNA
57:36 IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND HOUR.
57:40 SO DONNA DON'T GO AWAY, AND ALL OF THE REST OF YOU, FEEL FREE TO
57:46 WRITE IN, OR CALL IN YOUR QUESTIONS DURING THE BREAK, AND
57:49 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.


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