3ABN Today LIVE

Building Relationships

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Participants: Greg & Jill Morikone (Host), John & Angela Lomacang, Jason Bradley

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00:01 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPENDING MY LIFE ♪
00:07 ♪ 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 ♪
00:34 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:44 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
01:08 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER THURSDAY NIGHT LIFE PROGRAM.
01:12 WE'RE COMING TO YOU HERE LIVE FROM THOMPSONVILLE, SLASH WEST
01:19 FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS. WE ARE SO GLAD YOU JOINED US
01:23 THIS EVENING. SOME OF YOU JOINED US JUST FOR
01:26 THE FIRST TIME MAYBE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, SOME OF YOU HAVE
01:30 BEEN WITH 3ABN NOW -- THIS IS 2018, SO IT IS GOING TO BE 34
01:36 YEARS. >> YES.
01:37 >> WHEN DANNY DECIDED TO START THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN.
01:41 ANY WAY, THANK YOU. HOW HAS YOUR WEEK BEEN?
01:43 I KNOW HERE AT 3ABN IT HAS BEEN A BUSY ONE.
01:47 I DON'T KNOW OF ANY WEEK THAT ISN'T BUSY AROUND HERE.
01:51 >> THAT IS LIFE FOR EVERYONE. >> YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
01:56 AND I KNOW YOU AT HOME HAVE PROBABLY HAD A BUSY WEEK, AND
02:02 THANK YOU FOR CARVING OUT SOME TIME TO MEET WITH US.
02:07 WE CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT WE KNOW YOU ARE THERE, SO WE JUST
02:11 APPRECIATE WHEN YOU CALL US, WHEN YOU WRITE US, WHEN
02:15 3ABN -- OR YOU SEND YOUR LETTERS OR EMAILS --
02:19 >> OR WHEN WE -- >> OH, YEAH.
02:21 THAT'S JUST GREAT. CAMP MEETING IS A GREAT THING
02:25 TOO. WHICH IS -- WHEN IS THAT COMING
02:28 UP? >> JUNE 6TH THROUGH 9.
02:29 >> GOOD JOB. SHE HAS ALL OF THE INFORMATION.
02:33 >> WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SABBATH, ON THE THREE ANGELS'
02:41 MESSAGES. TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
02:44 RELATIONSHIPS. WHO DOESN'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP?
02:47 WE ALL DO. WHETHER IT'S AT CHURCH, IN YOUR
02:51 COMMUNITY, WITH YOUR SPOUSE, WITH YOUR FAMILY, WE'RE TALKING
02:54 ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS NOT ONLY WITH GOD, BUT WITH FAMILY
03:01 MEMBERS, GIRL FRIENDS OR BOYFRIENDS.
03:09 AND WE'RE COMING UP ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
03:13 AND IT'S THE TOPIC OF LOVE, BUT REALLY IT IS ALL ABOUT
03:18 RELATIONSHIPS. >> IT REALLY IS.
03:20 AND WE DON'T WANT YOU TO TURN THE TV OR RADIO OFF IF YOU ARE
03:25 NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP, BU LIKE JILL SAID WE INTERACT WITH
03:30 PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. AND WE HAVE SPECIAL PEOPLE WITH
03:32 US THIS EVENING THAT ARE JOINING US, AND THEY ARE NOT GUESTS.
03:35 THEY ARE PART OF OUR 3ABN FAMILY.
03:38 AND GREAT FRIENDS AND MENTORS. WE HAVE SITTING NEXT TO ME
03:41 PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG. >> GOOD TO BE HERE.
03:47 >> YOU OR OUR PASTOR. AND YOU HAVE YOUR WIFE SITTING
03:53 RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
03:56 THE BEST PERSON TO HAVE NEXT TO ME TALKING ABRELATIONSHIPS.
04:00 >> AMEN. BUT WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU,
04:03 AND YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE LORD. WE KNOW THEY ARE PULLED IN IT
04:07 SEEMS LIKE A MILLION DIRECTIONS. THEY ARE PULLED IN LOTS OF
04:12 DIRECTIONS, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO A CONFERENCE PASTOR.
04:16 HE IS AN AMBASSADOR FOR 3ABN. HE ALSO DOES A LOT OF
04:21 PROGRAMMING. AND ANGIE, WE DON' HAVE YOU ON,
04:24 IT SEEMS LIKE NEAR ENOUGH. SO YOU WORK IN RADIO.
04:28 TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU DO. >> I WORK HERE AT 3ABN RADIO.
04:32 I DO EDITING. QUITE A BIT OF EDITING, AND I DO
04:38 HOST A PROGRAM CALLED CROSS ROADS.
04:40 >> OH, YEAH. >> THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
04:42 >> OH, PRAISE THE LORD, AND I HAVE GREAT GUESTS.
04:46 THE LORD ALWAYS GIVES ME AMAZING GUESTS, AND SO I'M JUST
04:51 PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE, HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR WHAT, 14 YEARS.
04:55 >> WOW. AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN MARRIED
04:57 HOW MANY YEARS? >> GOING ON 35.
05:00 >> INCREDIBLE. >> THAT MAKES OUR 15 SEEM KIND
05:04 OF SMALL. >> I'M STILL EXCITED ABOUT IT.
05:08 >> I AM TOO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON.
05:12 >> AND ANGIE, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WHAT A BLESSING A
05:18 PASTOR'S WIFE IS. THE PREACHING AND LEADING THE
05:21 FLOCK IS SO VITAL, BUT ANGIE, YOUR ROLE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.
05:28 >> I AGREE. >> SHE IS A WOMAN OF GOD.
05:31 SHE LISTENS TO GOD. SHE LISTENS TO OTHER PEOPLE.
05:35 AND GOD HAS JUST BLESSED YOU WITH SO MANY AMAZING GIFTS.
05:40 AND WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU AS OUR PASTORAL COUPLE IN OUR
05:47 CHURCH. >> AND IF MY WIFE DIDN'T HAVE
05:50 HER OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, OUR RELATIONSHIP WOULDN'T
05:54 BE AS STRONG AS IT IS. BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY DAYS I'M
05:58 TIRED, AND I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO FEED MYSELF SPIRITUALLY.
06:04 AND MY WIFE WOULD LIGHT THE WICK SPIRITUALLY.
06:08 AND I WOULD GET NOURISHED. AND THEN I WOULD END UP STAYING
06:11 UP FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, WHEN SHE IS SAYING, I WANT TO TRY TO
06:15 GET TO BED BY 11:00. AND I BELIEVE A LOT OF
06:20 MINISTRIES COULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE AT WHAT THEY DO, IF
06:25 GOD DIDN'T ALSO ANOINT THEIR WIVES.
06:28 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S TRUE.
06:30 >> AND WE TRAVEL ALL THE TIME TOGETHER WHEREVER WE GO.
06:33 BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE WELL-KNOWN IN
06:36 THE -- SPEAKING AND -- VISUAL WORLD, AND IN MANY CASES, I
06:40 DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR WIVES ARE. >> YEAH.
06:43 >> BUT I BELIEVE THE LORD CALLED US, CHOSE US, AND WE'LL TALK
06:47 ABOUT THAT MORE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, BUT, YEAH,
06:51 I RAISE THE LORD FOR HER. AND THE MORE WE TRAVEL PEOPLE
06:56 RECOGNIZE HER ON 3ABN, AND SAY I LISTEN TO CROSS ROADS, WHICH IS
07:01 EASIER, WHEN YOU DRIVE YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE RADIO, AS OPPOSED
07:07 TO SITTING DOWN TO WATCH TELEVISION.
07:12 >> YOU HAVE BEEN IN MINISTRY HOW LONG?
07:14 >> GOING ON 31. >> PRAISE THE LORD.
07:18 >> I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO GET GRAY.
07:21 [ LAUGHTER ] >> OH, YEAH, RIGHT.
07:22 >> YOU HIDE IT WELL, PASTOR. [ LAUGHTER ]
07:26 >> AND THEN SITTING NEXT TO YOU, ANGIE, IS JASON BRADLEY, WHO I
07:30 CONSIDER MY -- MY NEIGHBOR, AND HE IS MY OFFICE NEIGHBOR,
07:34 BECAUSE MY OFFICE IS SORT OF AN A DIAGONAL.
07:37 AND YOU ARE THE ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL MANAGER DARE TO DREAM
07:42 NETWORK. I HAVE A LITTLE PURPLE PEN IN MY
07:46 POCKET. I NEEDED AN INK PEN BEFORE THIS
07:52 PROGRAM STARTED AND JASON HANDED ME A PEN AND IT IS PURPLE.
07:58 GOOD JOB. >> YOU ARE WELCOME.
07:59 >> BUT IT IS A BLESSING TO HAVE YOU ON THIS EVENING.
08:02 >> IT'S A BLESING TO BE HERE. >> AND I KNOW THAT RELATIONSHIPS
08:07 AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER -- I KNOW YOU ARE NOT
08:10 MARRIED, JASON, BUT STILL WE'RE ALL INVOLVED WITH PEOPLE WE'RE
08:15 IN CONTACT WITH, COWORKERS PEOPLE AT CHURCH.
08:20 IT'S IMPORTANT, ISN'T IT? >> ABSOLUTELY.
08:22 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT IS OUR VERY BEING, YOU KNOW?
08:26 WHEN WE GO BACK TO CREATION, AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT GENESIS
08:32 1:26 -- >> LET ME TURN THERE.
08:33 >> OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN IN 26
08:37 AND GO DOWN TO VERSE 29. >> THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE
08:41 BIBLE. >> YES.
08:41 YES. TAKE IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
08:44 >> YEAH. >> WHERE IT ALL BEGAN, WHERE IT
08:46 ALL STARTED. ARE YOU THERE?
08:48 >> YEAH. >> OKAY.
08:50 THEN GOD SAID LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE ACCORDING TO OUR
08:56 LIKENESS. LIKE THEM HAVE DOMINION OVER THE
08:59 FISH, BIRDS, AND CATTLE, OVER ALL OF THE EARTH AND OVER EVERY
09:05 CREEPING THING. SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN
09:08 IMAGE. IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED
09:12 HIM. MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM.
09:14 THEN GOD BLESSED THEM, AND GOD SAID TO THEM, BE FRUITFUL AND
09:20 MULL TIPLY. HAVE DO MINNIAN OVER THE FISH OF
09:25 THE SEA, OVER THE BIRDS IN THE AIR, AND EVERY THING THAT MOVES
09:33 ON EARTH. AND GOD SAID I HAVE GIVEN YOU
09:41 YIELD OVER ALL. SO GOD CREATED US, YOU KNOW, TO
09:47 BE IN A RELATIONSHIP, TO BE MARRIED AS WELL.
09:51 TO REFLECT HIS CHARACTER TO ONE ANOTHER.
09:54 AND EVEN WITH THE -- THE PLANTS AND -- AND HERBS, WE CREATED
10:00 THEM WITH SEED, SO THEY COULD BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY.
10:08 SO RELATIONSHIPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
10:12 WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH, GIRLFRIEND, OR MARRIAGE,
10:15 YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. >> AND I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT
10:19 WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS EVENING IS OUR RELATIONSHIP TO
10:23 GOD. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
10:25 >> AND HE WANTS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH US.
10:32 THIS IS THE CREATOR, GOD, WHO YOU WOULD THINK HE IS SO BUSY,
10:38 HE WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE US, BUT HE DOES.
10:42 >> I JUST WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR JASON.
10:49 JASON IS AN INCREDIBLE MAN OF GOD, AN IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE
10:53 THE WAY GOD HAS GROWN YOU. I THINK OF WHEN YOU FIRST CAME
10:57 TO 3ABN, AND JUST MAKING CHOICES FOR GOD, BUT JUST AT THAT TIME,
11:02 MAKING CHOICES, AND THEN TO SEE GOD GROW YOUR WALK WITH HIM, AND
11:06 YOUR TIME WITH HIM, AND YOUR SPEAKING THE WORD NOW, WHERE
11:11 JUST A FEW YEARS AGO THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
11:14 SO TO SEE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD GROWING, AND WE JUT LOVE
11:18 JASON HERE, AND HE IS GOING TO MAKE A FABULOUS HUSBAND.
11:22 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PLUG, JILL.-[ LAUGHTER ]
11:25 >> YEAH, NO -- I THINK GOING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, YOU BUILDING
11:28 THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, THAT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING,
11:31 BECAUSE ALL OF US -- NONE OF US HAVE ARRIVED, HAVE WE PASTOR?
11:36 >> WELL, NO. >> IT'S THAT DAILY SUBMITTING TO
11:42 CHRIST, AND INVITING CHRIST INTO OUR HEARTS.
11:45 IT'S A BUILDING RELATIONSHIP. AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE EVERYTHING
11:50 IN GOD, IN CHURCH, IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IN YOUR FAMILY, AND
11:55 RELATIONSHIPS ARE NOT EASY. >> YES.
11:57 >> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN.
12:01 RELATIONSHIPS ARE NOT BASED ON A ONE WAY DYNAMIC.
12:06 RELATIONSHIPS ARE ALWAYS TWO WAY.
12:08 THE LORD AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, HE
12:12 LOVED US FIRST. WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE FIRST
12:16 LOVED US. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
12:18 >> SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GENUINE RELATIONSHIP DON'T WAIT
12:22 FOR THE OTHER PERSON TO LOVE YOU, FIRST LOVE THEM.
12:26 RELATIONSHIPS ARE -- BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE RIGHT SAY, THEY
12:31 DON'T LIKE ME. I DON'T LIKE THEM.
12:33 >> SO I'M NOT GOING TO LOVE THEM.
12:37 >> YEAH. AND I SHUTTER WHEN I HEAR
12:39 CHRISTIANS SAY THAT. THEY DON'T LIKE ME.
12:41 I DON'T LIKE THEM. I'M GOING TO BE PLASTIC.
12:45 WELL, IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN AND YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEBODY BECAUSE
12:49 THEY DON'T LIKE YOU, YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE.
12:52 >> THAT'S GOOD. >> BECAUSE THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF
12:54 CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE, THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS?
12:57 >> LOVE. >> LOVE.
12:59 THE FIRST THING. >> UH-HUH.
13:01 >> THE FIRST INGREDIENT, AND IT'S NOT DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS,
13:06 OR FRUITS, IT'S ONE FRUIT. SO WHAT I HAVE LEARNED -- AND
13:13 NOT ONLY IN OUR RELATIONSHIP AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, BUT WITH
13:21 PEOPLE. I KNOW [ INAUDIBLE ] IS NOT
13:22 GOING TO KILL ME, BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP --
13:26 >> SHE IS OUR PRODUCTION COORDINATOR.
13:29 >> AND DEE IS ALWAYS ON THE MOVE.
13:32 >> SHE IS TYPE A PERSONALITY. >> TYPE AAAAAAA.
13:37 SHE GETS THINGS DONE. >> AND SHE IS INVOLVED IN THE
13:41 CHURCH TOO. >> SHE ALWAYS GETS IT DONE, AND
13:44 I CAN ALWAYS RELY ON HER. LOVE YOU DEE, THAT'S WHY I'M
13:48 USING THIS EXAMPLE. WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.
13:51 >> YES. >> BUT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO
13:55 WHEN PASTOR CA JUST CAME HERE. DEE WAS TELLING ME SOMETHING
14:00 THAT I ALREADY KNEW. AND HE KNEW I KNEW IT.
14:05 AND SHE WAS TELLING ME ALL OF THE DETAILS AND I LISTENED TO
14:10 HER.-pAND HE SAID I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU.
14:16 AND YOU DIDN'T GET UPSET BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, I KNOW.
14:20 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME THAT. >> YEAH.
14:22 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND SO HE SAID TO ME -- I
14:26 LIKE THE PHRASE, HE SAID, YOU LET HER DO HER JOB.
14:30 AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE DO THEMSELVES AND NOT
14:34 HAVE TO PREDESIGN THEM SO THAT WE CAN NOW IN OUR CONSTRUCTION
14:38 AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THEM SAY WELL, NOW YOU ARE AT A PLACE
14:42 WHERE I CAN LIKE OR LOVE YOU. SO WHAT I WANT TO BEGIN BY
14:46 SAYING IS YOU -- YOU STARTED WITH THE QUESTION, WHAT -- WHY
14:49 DO RELATIONSHIPS MATTER. BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT
14:56 RELATIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIPS MATTER BECAUSE THE END RESULT OF
14:59 EVERYTHING ALWAYS BEGINS WITH A RELATIONSHIP, AND SO MAN IS AN
15:04 ISLAND. >> NO, THAT'S GOOD.
15:06 DID YOU WANT TO READ THE SCRIPTURE?
15:08 >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY. >> AND GO TO A LITTLE MUSIC.
15:12 >> WE JUST JUMPED IN. >> WE DID.
15:14 [ LAUGHTER ] >> ABSOLUTELY.
15:16 >> HOPEFULLY YOU DIDN'T JUST TUNE IN.
15:19 LET'S TURN TO THE BIBLE SCRIPTURE HERE.
15:21 >> 1 JOHN 1:7. >> I LOVE THIS
15:25 >> ME TOO. >> AND WE OFTEN QUOTE 1 JOHN
15:33 1:9. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK A
15:35 COUPLE OF VERSES 1:7. BUT IF WE TALK IN THE LIGHT AS
15:39 HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER.
15:45 AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, HIS SON CLEANSES US FROM ALL
15:49 SINS. >> AMEN.
15:50 >> THAT WORD FELLOWSHIP IN THE GREEK PASTOR, YOU WANT TO UNPACK
15:55 THAT FOR US. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FELLOWSHIP?
15:58 >> IT'S GREEK WORD THAT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN FRIENDSHIP.
16:03 IT INCLUDES FRIENDSHIP. IT INCLUDES RELATIONSHIPS, BUT
16:07 IT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE -- FELLOWSHIP OR THE
16:11 GREEK WORD RECOGNIZES THAT WE ARE BOTH WALKING IN THE LIGHT.
16:14 IT DOESN'T SAY I'M IN THE LIGHT AND YOU ARE NOT IN THE LIGHT.
16:18 IT SAYS I'M IN THE LIGHT AND YOU ARE IN THE LIGHT.
16:22 AND THAT CREATES A CHRIST CONNECTION.
16:24 IF I'M TALKING IN THE LIGHT AND YOU ARE WALKING IN THE LIGHT,
16:27 THERE IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT THAN
16:32 JUST I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE WALKING IN THE LIGHT AND I'M
16:34 WALKING IN THE LIGHT -- SO THIS IS LITERALLY A CONDITION FOR
16:38 CHRISTIANS. AND WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT
16:39 THAT, IS IF YOU WANT THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST TO CLEANSE YOU
16:45 FROM SIN -- >> I HAD NEVER PROCESSED THAT
16:49 BEFORE. COMES BEFORE THE VERSE.
16:53 >> YOUR FELLOWSHIP WITH ME HAS TO BE GODLY.
17:00 MY FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU HAS TO BE GADLY.
17:04 BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH WALKING IN THE LIGHT, AND SAY JESUS HAS
17:09 FORGIVEN ME OF SIN, BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT,
17:13 YOU -- YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO LOVE ME.
17:15 >> YES. >> AND I CAN'T TAKE -- I CAN'T
17:18 TAKE THE OBLIGATION AWAY FROM ME.
17:21 BECAUSE IF I SAY I WALK IN THE LIGHT, I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
17:25 LOVE YOU. SO THIS IS OBLIGATORY
17:32 RELATIONSHIP. IT'S A WORD THAT DEMANDS THAT WE
17:36 REREFLECT CHRIST, NOT BECAUSE THE OTHER PERSON HAS OR HASN'T,
17:40 BUT BECAUSE WE SAY WE WALK IN THE LIGHT.
17:42 >> THAT'S GREAT. >> THAT IS.
17:44 THAT'S POWERFUL. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT'S
17:47 PROGRAM ON BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND WE KNOW GOD
17:51 WANTS EACH ONE OF US TO WALK IN THE LIGHT, WHETHER YOU ARE -- I
17:56 DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, MAYBE YOU ARE FEELING LIKE YOUR
18:00 RELATIONSHIPS ARE FRACTURED. THE ONES IN YOUR LIFE, TONIGHT
18:05 WE'LL GIVE KEYS AND PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING THOSE
18:09 RELATIONSHIPS, FOR HEALING TOEZ BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS, AND NO
18:14 MATTER HOW GOD YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS, BECAUSE I CONSIDER WE HAVE A
18:17 GOOD MARRIAGE, BUT GOD HAS ALWAYS MAKE IT BETTER.
18:22 >> IT REQUIRES WORK TOO. >> IT DOES.
18:25 >> SO LET'S GO TO OUR MUSIC, AND JUMP INTO WHY DO RELATIONSHIP
18:31 MATTER. WE HAVE SAM OCAMPO WITH US.
18:33 AND HE IS GOING TO BE PLAYING A SONG -- HE IS AN INCREDIBLE
18:39 PIANIST. AND THE SONG HE IS DOING TONIGHT
18:42 IS "IT TOOK A MIRACLE MEDLEY."
18:49 ♪ ♪
22:26 ♪ ♪
23:41 >> WOW. AMEN.
23:42 >> AMEN. >> HE CERTAINLY GETS INTO HIS
23:45 MUSIC. AND HE ENJOYS IT.
23:47 CAN'T YOU SEE THAT. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
23:49 >> "IT TOOK A MIRACLE MEDLEY." THANK YOU MR. SAM OCAMPO.
23:52 >> AMEN. AND ALL RELATIONSHIPS TAKE
23:56 MIRACLES. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
23:59 THAT WAS PASTOR LOMACANG SAID THAT IS A GREAT SEGUE RIGT
24:04 THERE. SO THANK YOU, PASTOR.
24:07 GREAT SONG. WHAT A GIFT.
24:08 >> WE HAVE PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG. HIS WIFE ANGIE, AND JASON
24:14 BRADLEY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING
24:16 RELATIONSHIPS. AND AS WE GET INTO THAT, WHY DO
24:20 RELATIONSHIPS EVEN MATTER. WHY DO THEY MATTER?
24:24 >> I CAN SEE ANGIE IS THINKING THERE, WHY DO THEY MATTER?
24:28 >> IT DOES MATTER TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.
24:31 IT MATTERS TO GOD. IT MATTERS TO US.
24:35 TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE WE WORK WITH, AND GO TO
24:43 CHURCH WITH. AND IN HEAVEN WE WILL HAVE A
24:48 RELATIONSHIP TOO, WON'T WE? >> THAT'S RIGHT.
24:53 >> I BELIEVE OUR RELATIONSHIPS HERE ON EARTH ARE PREPARING US
24:59 FOR OUR HEAVENLY RELATIONSHIP. >> AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S
25:04 IMPORTANT TO GOD. AND THAT'S KEY.
25:07 IN HEAVEN WE WON'T HAVE, THIS PART OF TOWN DOESN'T LIKE THIS
25:11 PART OF TOWN. WE'LL ALL BE NEIGHBORS AND
25:14 FRIENDS AND THE GREAT MULTITUDE TOGETHER.
25:17 PASTOR? >> AND EVERYTHING IS ABOUT
25:19 RELATIONSHIPS. >> IT IS.
25:20 THE BIBLE DESCRIBES THE CHURCH AS THE BODY --
25:23 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> HUM.
25:25 >> AND HAVE YOU EVER HIT YOUR PINKY BEFORE?
25:28 >> I HAVE. I HAVE A BLOOD BLISTER UNDER
25:33 THIS ONE RIGHT NOW. >> WHEN THAT HAPPENED --
25:35 >> YES. >> -- OUR WHOLE BODY FELT IT.
25:38 >> OH, YEAH. >> IN RELATIONSHIPS ROMANS 14:7
25:44 SAYS FOR NONE OF US LIVES TO HIMSELF, AND NO ONE DIES TO
25:48 HIMSELF, WHICH MEANS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN LIFE AND EVEN WHEN
25:51 WE DIE -- SOMEBODY IS AFFECTED BY IT.
25:54 >> BOY THAT'S TRUE. >> THE REASON I USE A PINKY AS
25:59 AN EXAMPLE IS BECAUSE WE OFTEN THINK OF THE SMALL PINKY OR THE
26:03 TINY TOE. BUT, MAN, THE SMALLER TOE WILL
26:06 BRING YOU MORE PAIN THAN THE BIG TOE.
26:08 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO SOMETIMES THE SMALL THINGS
26:10 IN RELATIONSHIPS BRING YOU GREATER PAIN THAN THE THINGS WE
26:16 THINK ARE THE BIG THINGS. >> FOR EXAMPLE WHAT WOULD BE
26:20 SOMETHING MAYBE SMALL. >> WELL, I THINK THAT WE
26:23 CATEGORIZE IT AS SMALL, BUT IN FACT IT ISN'T.
26:26 >> GOOD POINT. >> THAT'S THE POINT I WANT TO
26:30 MAKE. SOMEBODY MAY SAY I CAN DO MY JOB
26:33 WITHOUT EVEN TALKING TO YOU. >> OKAY.
26:35 >> OH. >> IT'S TRUE.
26:37 I DON'T NEED TO TALK TO YOU. I'M JUST TRYING TO TELL YOU WHAT
26:41 TO DO. AND I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE DO THAT
26:44 IN COMPANIES, CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.
26:47 WE HAVE BEEN TO CHURCHES WHERE -- HONEY, WE HAVE SEEN
26:52 RELATIONSHIPS. >> YEAH, YOU SPOKE ABOUT
26:55 ONCE -- IN ONE OF OUR CHURCHES THE LADY WAS SO UPSET WITH THE
27:04 D DEACON SHE BROUGHT A BIBLE BAT
27:08 TO BEAT HIM UP. >> YEAH, SHE ANNOUNCED I'M GOING
27:13 TO BEAT UP THE HEAD DEACON. AND SHE KEPT THE BAT UNTIL AFTER
27:23 SABBATH SCHOOL, WENT HOME, CAME BACK, BUT THE DEACON HAD TWO
27:29 OTHER DEACONS AROUND HIM FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
27:32 BUT IT'S WHAT WE DESIGN AS INSIGNIFICANT THAT IS OFTEN
27:37 SIGNIFICANT. SOMEBODY RIGHT SAY, I DON'T LIKE
27:40 JAY, BUT I'M IN JAY'S DEPARTMENT.
27:42 SO I DON'T CARE ABOUT JAY. I'M IN PRODUCTION.
27:46 JAY IS IN DARE TO DREAM. I'LL WORK WITH HIM, BUT I DON'T
27:50 HAVE TO BE HIS FRIEND. AND WHEN YOU ARE WORKING IN AN
27:55 ORGANIZATION, THAT IS NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT THING.
27:59 I DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO TO -- ANGIE.
28:09 WE MIGHT THINK THAT IS INSIGNIFICANT, BUT WHEN YOU
28:15 REFOCUS THAT. LET'S USE THE PEEPHOLE EXAMPLE.
28:18 >> THE WHAT? >> THE PEEPHOLE.
28:21 THE PEEPHOLE IS SMALL, BUT WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE IS HUGE,
28:24 BUT YOU ARE JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A SMALL PERSPECTIVE.
28:30 IF YOU OPEN THE DOOR YOU WILL SEE WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE IS
28:37 MORE SIGNIFICANT. SO WE SAY I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP
28:40 THIS REAL WITH YOU. I DON'T LIKE YOU JILL.
28:43 SO LET'S JUST KEEP IT REAL. YOU DO YOUR JOB.
28:47 I'LL DO MY JOB. LET'S KEEP IT REAL.
28:49 BUT I LOVE THE LORD. YOU LOVE THE LORD, SO LET'S
28:52 JUST -- WE DON'T HAVE TO BE FRIENDS DOWN HERE, BUT WHEN GET
28:57 TO HEAVEN MAYBE THINGS WILL BE BETTER.
29:00 AND I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT.
29:02 IN BIG CHURCHES. THE BIGGER THE CHURCH SOMETIMES
29:07 THE MORE SPLIT IT IS. >> AND EVEN IN LITTLE CHURCHES.
29:11 >> DON'T YOU THINK THAT SHOWS A HEART ISSUE?
29:16 DON'T YOU THINK THAT THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS SOMETHING IS
29:19 WRONG WITH ME SPIRITUALLY. >> SO OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD.
29:23 . >> YOU ARE RIGHT, SWEETY.
29:27 MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS DISCONNECTED.
29:30 IF MY RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE IS FRACTURED OR
29:34 FRAGMENTED THAT MEANS I HAVE A PROBLEM IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH
29:40 GOD. >> ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE BASED
29:42 ON TWO PRINCIPLES. ALL RELATIONSHIPS MATTHEW 22:37
29:51 TO 39. >> HOPEFULLY YOU ARE JOINING
29:53 WITH US AT HOME. >> YES.
29:56 JESUS SAID TO THEM, YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL
30:00 OF YOUR HEART, WITH ALL OF YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL OF YOU MIND.
30:07 THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT.
30:09 AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT. YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
30:15 YOURSELF. >> OKAY.
30:16 I'M JUST GOING TO COMMENT ON -- AND THROW IT BACK OUT
30:19 THERE. BECAUSE I WANT JAY TO BE OUT
30:20 THERE ON THE PERIPHERY. VERSE 37 IS HUGE, BECAUSE IT
30:27 SAYS THE LORD GOD WITH HOW MUCH? >> ALL.
30:30 >> ALL, ALL, ALL. IF YOU LOVE WITH ALL, WHAT IS
30:33 LEFT TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. NOW THIS IS HUGE.
30:36 IF YOU LOVE HIM WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, ALL OF YOUR MIND, ALL OF
30:40 YOUR SOUL, ALL MEANS HE HAS GOT IT ALL, SO WHAT IS LEFT TO LOVE
30:44 YOUR NEIGHBOR? THIS IS POWERFUL.
30:47 IF HE HAS IT ALL, YOU ARE NOW LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR THROUGH
30:50 HIM. >> GOOD.
30:51 GOOD. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
30:53 >> BOY, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. >> IF HE HAS YOUR HEART, YOUR
30:56 MIND, YOUR SOUL, YOU ARE LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR THROUGH HIM, WHICH
31:00 MAKES THE LOVE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR DIVINE, NOT HUMAN.
31:04 BECAUSE YOU GAVE THE LORD EVERYTHING, YUR HEART, YOUR
31:06 MIND, YOUR SOUL. SO SOMETIMES WE TRY TO LOVE OUR
31:10 NEIGHBOR NATURALLY. AND WHEN WE TRY TO LOVE SOMEBODY
31:15 NATURALLY, WE PICK AT THEIR FLAWS, BUT WHEN WE LOVE THEM
31:19 THROUGH CHRIST, WE CAN'T PICK AT THEIR FLAWS.
31:25 SO RELATIONSHIPS ARE BASED ON TWO PRINCIPALS, GIVE EVERYTHING
31:27 TO GOD, AND IF YOU DO GIVE EVERYTHING TO GOD, THEN IT MAKES
31:32 IT DIVINE TO LOVE YOUR NAIB. AND WHO IS YOUR NEIGHBOR.
31:37 >> EVERYONE. JASON YOU HAVE YOUR FINGERS IN
31:41 MULTIPLE SPOTS IN YOUR BIBLE. >> THOSE WERE TWO OF THE VERSES
31:44 I HAD WRITTEN DOWN AS WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIPS ARE
31:49 SO IMPORTANT, YOU SEE HOW THE DEVIL TRIES TO DIVIDE AND ON
31:53 CURE, AND HE WANTS TO PUT A WEDGE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
31:58 GOD, HE BREAKS UP THE FAMILY UNIT.
32:01 BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF TIME WHEN HE WAS A SERPENT, AND HE
32:08 TEMPTED EVE TO EAT THE FRUIT. AND HE WANTED TO SEPARATE HER
32:12 FROM GOD AND SEPARATE THAT RELATIONSHIP.
32:16 >> TRUE. >> WE SEE WHEN HE WAS THIS
32:20 HEAVEN AS LUCIFER, AND HE DECEIVED ONE THIRD OF THE
32:26 ANGELS. HE WANTED TO SEPARATE THAT
32:30 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM AND GOD.
32:32 SO WE SEE HOW IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS ARE, AND WHEN WE
32:37 TRULY SURRENDER AS WE ARE SPEAKING HERE IN MATTHEW, LOVING
32:41 GOD WITH ALL OF OUR HEART. YOU KNOW, LOVE -- ALL OF OUR
32:47 MOTIVES -- WE SHOULD BE MOTIVATED BY LOVE.
32:50 >> THAT'S GOOD. >> SO WHEN WE ARE TRULY
32:55 MOTIVATED BY LOVE, WE ARE GOING TO BE SELFLESS AS CHRIST IS
32:59 SELFLESS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SELFISH,
33:03 WHERE WE HAVE ULTERIOR MOTIVES, AND DOING THINGS FOR THE WRONG
33:08 REASONS. SO HOW WE LOVE IS VERY
33:10 IMPORTANT. HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES IN
33:13 RERELATIONSHIPS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
33:16 AND OUR WALK WITH GOT IS OF THE UP MOST IMPORTANCE.
33:19 >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YOU JUST TOUCHED ON SOMETHING
33:23 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I THINK EVEN WHEN WE WALK
33:28 THROUGH -- LET'S SAY WE'RE AT WAL-MART OR THE GAS STATION.
33:32 WE MAY NOT KNOW THEM BY NAME, BUT I THINK EVEN HOW WE CONDUCT
33:36 OURSELVES IF A PERSON -- IF I GOT MAD AT THE GAS PUMP AND
33:41 STARTED SLAMMING ON THE GAS PUMP, OR SOMONE IS IN THE CAR
33:45 AND I'M YELLING AT THEM. OR SLAMMING THE CAR DOOR, THE
33:50 PERSON OVER THERE IS GOING TO SAY, I'M GLAD I DON'T KNOW THAT
33:54 MAN. BUT JUST HOW WE CONDUCT
33:57 OURSELVES EVEN IF WE DON'T SAY A WORD.
33:59 WE WANT SOMEONE TO SAY, WOW, ISN'T THAT NICE.
34:01 SO SOMETIMES JUST A GREETING LIKE, HELLO, HEY, HOW IS YOUR
34:05 DAY GOING? IT CAN BE JUST --
34:08 >> YEAH. >> GO AHEAD.
34:10 JASON. >> NO.
34:12 NO. OKAY.
34:12 EVERYBODY EXCERPTS AN INFLUENCE, WHETHER IT'S FOR GOOD OR BAD.
34:17 SO EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ARE
34:21 IMPACTING SOMEBODY'S LIFE. >> I HAVE A AN ELLEN WHITE
34:28 QUOTE. IT SAYS WHAT A MAN IS HAS MORE
34:31 INFLUENCE THAN WHAT HE SAYS. >> BEAUTIFUL.
34:34 >> AND THEN IT SAYS THE STRONGEST ARGUMENT -- AND WE
34:37 KNOW THIS QUOTE -- THE STRONGEST ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF THE GOSPEL
34:42 IS A LOVING AND LOVABLE CHRISTIAN.
34:48 SO IT ISN'T EVEN THE WORDS THAT WE SPEAK.
34:51 IT'S WHO WE ARE. >> AND EVEN CHURCH MEMBERS,
34:59 COWORKERS, FAMILY MEMBERS. IT'S ALL KEY.
35:05 >> LET'S LOOK AT SOME KEYS. SO IF I WERE TO SAY TIME.
35:10 IS TIME IMPORTANT IN A RELATIONSHIP?
35:12 >> OH, YEAH. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT
35:18 THAT. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT TIME.
35:20 >> YEAH, 35 YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN TOGETHER.
35:24 >> WE ARE SO BUSY, GO, GO, GO. WE HAVE TO MAKE TIME FOR EACH
35:30 OTHER. >> UH-HUH.
35:34 >> OUR SPECIAL TIME. >> [ INAUDIBLE ].
35:36 >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE TRY TO GUARD THURSDAY
35:40 EVENING. >> SO HERE YOU ARE DOING A
35:42 LIVE -- >> YEAH, I KNOW.
35:44 >> BUT YOU ARE DOING IT TOGETHER.
35:47 >> THAT'S OKAY. >> BUT EVEN SUNDAYS SOMETIMES.
35:51 >> THAT'S GOOD YOU ARE SPECIFIC. >> AND WE HAVE TO.
35:55 >> AND WE CELEBRATE. >> WE CELEBRATE LOVE.
35:59 WE CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARIES. EVERY YEAR OUR ANNIVERSARY, WE
36:04 DO SOMETHING SPECIAL. >> WHEN MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY CAME
36:08 AROUND, WE CELEBRATED YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR.
36:12 >> UH-HUH? IN JANUARY.
36:16 >> WITH FAMILY. BECAUSE THOSE ARE TIME ELEMENTS.
36:19 SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S NOT QUANTITY.
36:25 IT'S -- QUANTITY. IT'S QUALITY.
36:29 I HAVE SEEN RELATIONSHIPS BREAK OUT -- WORKAHOLICS, I HAVE NEVER
36:35 SEEN ANYBODY ON THEIR DEATH BED SAY I WISH I WORKED LONGER.
36:38 BUT THEY SAID I WISH I SPENT MORE TIME WITH MY KIDS, WITH MY -FAMILY, WITH MY WIFE OR MY
36:44 HUSBAND. >> UH-HUH.
36:46 >> IF I HAD ONE MORE DAY -- AND SO THE THINGS THAT YOU OFTEN PUT
36:50 OFF FOR RAINY DAY. THAT RAINY DAY MAY NEVER COME.
36:56 I HEARD A SAD STORY ABOUT A MAN -- REMEMBER THAT STORY -- HE
37:00 BOUGHT A SPECIFIC GARMENT FOR HIS WIFE.
37:04 AND HE WAS PLANNING FOR THAT TO BE ON A SPECIAL OCCASION, AND
37:08 ONE DAY HIS NEIGHBOR SAW HIM LEAVING THE HOUSE, AND HE SAID
37:12 WHAT IS THAT YOU HAVE? HE SAID IT'S THIS GARMENT THAT
37:15 I'M TAKING WITH ME. AND HE EXPLAINED, WE WERE
37:19 PUTTING THIS ASIDE FOR A RAINY DAY, AND HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO
37:23 THE FUNERAL PARLOR. >> FOR HIS WIFE.
37:26 >> SO HE NEVER GAVE IT TO HER? >> THEY NEVER HAD THE TIME TO
37:30 USE IT, BECAUSE THEY WERE PLANNING FOR A RAINY DAY.
37:34 WE ARE OF THE OPINION -- HE IS RESTING IN JESUS NOW, HE TOLD ME
37:39 WHEN YOU GET OLDER AND ALL YOU HAVE ARE MEMORIES AND PICTURES,
37:43 MAKE SURE BOTH OF YOU ARE IN THEM.
37:45 >> OH, WOW. >> AND WE GOT LIKE A HUNDRED
37:48 THOUSAND PICTURES. THANK YOU TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.
37:51 >> AMEN. >> BUT WE DO SPENDING TIME, AND
37:54 TIME TOGETHER GIVES YOU A CHANCE -- AND WE KNOW THIS, TO
37:57 IRON OUT THE COMFORTABLE AND THE UNCOMFORTABLE THINGS.
38:00 >> YES. >> UH-HUH.
38:02 >> THAT'S WHAT A RELATIONSHIP IS ALL ABOUT -- RELATIONSHIPS, AND
38:08 I'M SPEAKING RIGHT NOW ABOUT MARRIAGE, BUT IF YOU SPENDING
38:11 TIME WITH EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE OF WORK, IF YOU SPENDING TIME WITH
38:15 CHURCH MEMBERS OUTSIDE OF SERVICE LIKE FOR SOCIALS OR
38:18 SATURDAY NIGHT OR OUTINGS, YOU BEGIN TO SEE THEM ON A DIFFERENT
38:22 PLAIN, AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, IN RELATIONSHIPS YOU BUILD A
38:27 STRONGER MARRIAGE. EVERY YEAR OUR MARRIAGE GETS
38:32 STRONGER. AND IF YOU REMEMBER THAT TIME
38:34 GIVEN TO US BY GOD TO BUILD ON THE THINGS THAT MATTER, AND THEN
38:38 TO ALSO ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT ARE HURTFUL, THAT ARE INJURIOUS,
38:44 AND FIND SOLUTIONS TO IT. AND WE HAVE DONE THAT.
38:47 SO TIME REALLY MATTERS. HUGE.
38:49 >> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TIME, JASON?
38:53 >> I THINK TIME IS VERY PRECIOUS, AND IT'S SOMETHING
38:55 THAT YOU CAN'T GET BACK. >> NEVER.
38:58 >> SO YOU HAVE TO CEASE EVERY MOMENT, CEASE EVER OPPORTUNITY,
39:02 BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL PRESENT ITSELF AGAIN.
39:05 IT IS JUST LIKE ACCEPTING THE LORD AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
39:11 NOW IS THE TIME. YOU DONT KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN
39:14 IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES, LET ALONE TOMORROW, SO TIME IS VERY
39:18 PRECIOUS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS TO WHAT WE
39:21 DID WITH OUR TIME. >> YES.
39:23 >> YOU SEE THESE DATES ON -- RECENTLY IN A CEMETERY
39:28 BECAUSE THERE WAS A FUNERAL. AND YOU SEE THESE DATES 1975 TO
39:38 2017 OR WHATEVER. YOUNG PERSON.
39:40 THE BEGINNING DAY AND THEN DATE, YOU KNOW, DON'T HOLD AS MUCH
39:47 SIGNIFICANCE AS THAT DASH IN BETWEEN.
39:48 WHAT DID YOU DO WITH YOUR TIME? YOU KNOW, DID YOU SPEND YOUR
39:52 TIME SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST WITH OTHERS?
39:54 DID YOU SPENDING YOUR TIME CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
39:59 PEOPLE. DID YOU SPEND YOUR TIME LEADING
40:01 PEOPLE TO CHRIST, OR DID YOU SPEND YOUR TIME LEADING THEM
40:05 AWAY FROM CHRIST? TIME IS SOMETHING THAT IS
40:07 EXTREMELY VALUABLE. >> IT IS.
40:08 >> AND WE HAVE TO USE IT TO BRING GOD ALL OF THE GLORY.
40:12 >> I'M THINKING ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, COWORKERS HERE AT 3ABN,
40:20 WE'RE ALL BUSY. I'M GUILTY OF THIS, I'M RUNNING
40:23 DOWN THE HALLWAY LIKE HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
40:28 AND I'M ALREADY DOWN THE HALL. OR THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO
40:32 TODAY. AND SOMETIMES I NEED TO SAY, HOW
40:35 ARE YOU DOING? HOW IS MOM?
40:39 HOW IS DAD? HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND?
40:42 WHAT DID YOU DO? SO IT'S VERY EASY EVEN IN OUR
40:49 RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK, THAT IT'S SO EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN GOOD
40:53 THINGS, BUT TIME IS IMPORTANT, I THINK ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP
40:56 WITH EACH OTHER. AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, I KNOW FOR
41:00 US -- >> IT'S TUESDAY.
41:01 >> YEAH, WE CARVED OUT TUESDAY NIGHT.
41:04 99% OF THE TIME WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF.
41:07 >> THAT MEANS NO CELL PHONE, NO EMAIL, NO PHONE CALL, NO TEXT
41:11 DURING THAT TIME. IT'S JUST GREG AND I.
41:14 AND THAT'S PRECIOUS. >> YES.
41:15 >> AND AT THE TIME, LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING COMMUNICATION.
41:20 I'LL TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, AND IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE
41:23 TO DO THAT, BECAUSE TIME AND TALKING TO EACH OTHER -- WE
41:27 ENJOY THAT. >> OH, OR SURE.
41:30 >> I GUESS WE'LL NEVER GET YOU OUT ON THE BASKETBALL COURT.
41:37 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT'S THEIR NIGHT.
41:41 >> BASKETBALL, YEAH, I PLAYED WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE.
41:46 AND I -- THIS IS NO EXCUSE -- BUT I HAD A SEVERE
41:51 STRAIN AND I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN.
41:54 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT I SHOULD AT LEAST ATTEND
41:56 AND CHEER YOU GUYS ON. >> NO, YOU SHOULDN'T.
41:59 THAT'S YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.
42:01 >> OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. >> WE ALMOST GOT YOU IN TROUBLE.
42:06 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I GUESS WE CAN'T EDIT.
42:08 OKAY. GO AHEAD.
42:10 >> OKAY. ANOTHER THING WITH -- WITH TIME
42:12 IS YOU CAN'T REALLY GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY UNLESS YOU SPENDING
42:15 TIME WITH THEM. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET TO KNOW
42:19 GOD UNLESS YOU SPENDING TIME IN HIS WORD, GETTING TO KNOW HIS
42:23 LIKES AND DISLIKES. AND DATING OR COURTING OR
42:26 WHATEVER, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET TO KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL THAT -pYOU ARE COURTING UNLESS YOU
42:31 SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. YOU HAVE TO LEARN WHAT THEY
42:33 LIKE, WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE. THINGS THAT WILL FRUSTRATE THEM
42:37 AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO FIND THAT
42:40 OUT BY TIME AND COMMUNICATION. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
42:43 >> GO AHEAD. >> ANGIE I WAS THINKING TOO,
42:47 EVEN WHEN WE COMMUNICATE LIKE JASON WAS SAYING, LET'S SAY IN A
42:54 MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP YOU AND PASTOR JOHN, IF ONLY ONE DOES
42:57 THE TALKING AND ONLY ONE DOES THE LISTENING, THAT DOESN'T WORK
43:05 EITHER. >> YEAH, YEAH.
43:07 WE TALK ALL THE TIME, DON'T WE? WE LAUGH TOGETHER, WHICH IS SO
43:11 GOOD. >> IT IS.
43:12 >> EVERY DAY WE HAVE A LAUGH. >> WE LAUGH WITH EACH OTHER,
43:16 ABOUT EACH OTHER, ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
43:19 [ LAUGHTER ] >> NOW WE KNOW.
43:20 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO
43:22 LAUGH ABOUT. >> THAT'S IMPORTANT, ACTUALLY.
43:24 >> YEAH, LAUGHTER IS MEDICINE, THE BIBLE SAYS.
43:29 WE LAUGH. WE PRAY, WE READ OUR BIBLES
43:32 TOGETHER. IT'S THE FULL CIRCLE.
43:35 WE HAVE THE FULL SOCIAL MENTAL --
43:37 >> WE EVEN GO TO WAL-MART TOGETHER.->> EVEN TO THE MALL.
43:40 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> HE'LL GO WITH ME.
43:43 >> JUST THIS MORNING -- OR MAYBE LAST NIGHT, I SAID, HONEY DO YOU
43:48 REALIZE EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK WE'RE IN EACH OTHER'S SPACE.
43:53 WE HAVE WORKED AT FOUR COMPANIES TOGETHER.
43:56 >> OH, WOW. >> IN NEW YORK WE WORKED AT TWO
44:00 COMPANIES TOGETHER. WE WENT TO [ INAUDIBLE ] IN THE
44:04 SAME SPACE, NOT AN INCH BETWEEN US -- I'M SPEAKING
44:08 SPECIFICALLY -- >> RIGHT.
44:09 >> IN THE SAME SPACE HERE AT 3ABN EVERY DAY TOGETHER.
44:13 WE TRAVEL TOGETHER. HOW MANY COUPLES COULD SURVIVE
44:16 THAT? AND SOME PEOPLE GET MARRIED TO
44:18 FIND OUT HOW MUCH TIME THEY CAN SPENDING APART.
44:20 >> HOW SAD. >> AND THEY TALK ABOUT QUALITY
44:23 TIME. SO I WOULD PUT A PLUG HERE FOR
44:25 THE HUSBANDS, DON'T LOOK AT YOUR WIFE AS A QUALITY TIME PERSON,
44:31 BUT LOOK AT YOUR LIFE -- LOOK AT YOUR WIFE AS A PERSON WHO
44:36 REQUIRES YOUR -- YOUR BREATHING. >> UH-HUH.
44:41 >> YOUR TOUCH. LIKE -- WE WERE COMING BACK ON
44:46 THE PLANE JUST TWO DAYS AGO. AND I WENT LIKE THIS.
44:49 SHE SAID WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? I SAID I JUST WANT TO TOUCH YOUR
44:56 FACE. AND I SAID COULD YOU TOUCH MY
44:58 FACE. >> HE DID OUT OF NOWHERE.
45:00 >> AND SOMETIMES WE JUST LUG. BUT WE HAVE THE PERMISSION TO BE
45:04 MORE INTIMATE. CAN I JUST TOUCH YOUR FACE.
45:08 CAN I PINCH YOUR EAR LOBE. >> OKAY.
45:11 OKAY. >> BUT I'M JUST SAYING.
45:12 >> BUT WE DO. WE DO.
45:14 >> AND THOSE ARE THOSE TIME MOMENTS THAT YOU LOOK BACK ON,
45:18 AND SOMETIMES I SAY MY LOVE CUP IS EMPTY.
45:22 CAN I GET A HUG. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT MARRIAGE
45:26 RIGHT NOW. >> OF COURSE.
45:27 >> BUT IN THE SAME WAY WE COULD BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR
45:32 OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS. AND INTIMACY TAKES ON A
45:37 SPIRITUAL -- BECAUSE REMEMBER THERE IS A PRINCIPLE IN THE
45:39 BIBLE -- LET'S LOOK AT THIS TOGETHER -- YEAH, LOVE IS RESIP
45:47 CALL. LUKE 6:31.
45:49 >> AND JUST AS YOU WANT MAN TO DO TO YOU, YOU ALSO DO TO THEM
45:55 LIKEWISE. >> AMEN.
45:56 >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF A CHURCH, DO YOU
46:01 WANT PEOPLE TO RESPECT YOU? >> ABSOLUTELY.
46:03 >> WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? >> RESPECT THEM.
46:05 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> OR JUST LIKE THIS PERSON THAT
46:07 YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T LIKE A BIBLE
46:10 BAT TAKEN AFTER THEM. >> EXACTLY.
46:14 >> AND THEN THERE ARE SOME CHURCH MEMBERS THAT JUST -- THE
46:18 OTHER THING -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL KINDS OF
46:21 RELATIONSHIPS. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
46:22 >> WE'RE GOING IN AND OUT OF DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS AT
46:28 ANYTIME, ANYBODY. BUT AS CHRISTIANS -- LET ME NOT
46:32 JUST SAY CHURCH MEMBERS, BUT CHRISTIANS, WE SHOULD MAKE IT A
46:37 HIGH OBLIGATION OF OUR OWN TO IRON OUT RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH
46:41 OTHER. >> THANK YOU.
46:42 >> UH-HUH. >> SO TRUE.
46:43 >> RIGHT. >> YOU KNOW?
46:45 >> IT'S IMPORTANT. >> IT'S IMPORTANT.
46:47 I SAT DOWN AS PASTOR IN OFFICE WITH PEOPLE JUST REALLY AT
46:55 ODDED, AND ONE WANTS TO RECONCILE, AND ONE HOLDS A
46:59 STANDARD HIGHER THAN GOD. BUT THE OTHER PERSON HAS
47:03 SUCH -- NO, BUT YOU HURT ME. NO, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE
47:07 ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU. NO -- AND THE OTHER ONE IS JUST
47:10 CRYING OUT, BUT PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
47:12 I'M SO SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN THAT -- I -- I
47:17 APOLOGIZE. THE OTHER ONE IS JUST NO, I
47:19 DON'T WANT TO PRAY WITH YOU. I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH, BUT THEN
47:23 THEY GO ON TO SING EVERY SABBATH, WORSHIP EVERY SABBATH
47:28 AND I SAY THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THAT.
47:32 SO AS YOU WANT PEOPLE TO DO TO YOU, DO ALSO TO THEM.
47:36 IT'S A RECIPROCAL PRINCIPAL. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT A
47:40 MINUTE. BECAUSE THIS IS HUGE.
47:42 IN RELATIONSHIPS THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE AT ODD AGAINST
47:48 SOMEBODY ELSE, AND MAYBE AT HOME YOU ARE THE PERSON WHO HAS THE
47:51 HARD HEART AND SAY I DON'T WANT TO FORGIVE SO AND SO, BECAUSE
47:56 THEY HURT ME TOO DEEPLY. LET'S TALK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE
48:00 FIRST, AND THEN GO FROM THE OTHER PERSPECTIVE.
48:02 WHAT DO PEOPLE DO IF THEY WANT TO RECONCILE AND THE OTHER
48:08 PERSON DOESN'T WANT TO. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PERSON WHO
48:12 SAYS I CAN'T FORGIVE. I CAN'T LET GO OF THAT PAIN.
48:16 >> I THINK THAT PERSON NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR
48:22 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND THINK ABOUT HOW GOD HAS FORGIVEN THEM
48:26 SO MANY TIMES FOR THE THINGS THAT -- THAT THEY HAVE DONE YOU
48:29 KNOW? THEY NEEDED TO -- I GUESS HAVE A
48:32 HUMBLING EXPERIENCE. >> YEAH.
48:35 IT'S SAD, BUT THEY DON'T. >> GOOD.
48:37 >> THEY DON'T LOOK AT THEIR LIVES.
48:38 IT'S -- A LOT OF THEM DON'T. >> YEAH.
48:42 IT'S EVERYBODY ELSE'S FAULT. >> EVERYBODY ELSE'S FAULT.
48:48 YEAH. WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS LIKE THAT
48:51 TOO. WHICH IS RELATION, ISN'T IT?
48:54 >> THAT'S RIGHT. COMING FROM A BIG FAMILY, SHE
48:58 HAD EIGHT SIBLINGS, SEVEN NOW, ONE IS DECEASED.
49:06 BUT YEAH. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
49:08 >> STRONG HEADED ONES THAT'S LIKE, LORD -- AND PEOPLE LIKE
49:12 THIS IN MY FAMILY, I PRAY FOR THEM, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW
49:16 THEY DO IT MYSELF. I JUST HAVE TO ASK THE LORD FOR
49:21 WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. RIGHT, HONEY?
49:23 >> UH-HUH. >> AND JUST ASK THE LORD, AND
49:26 JUST KEEP PRAYING FOR THEM, LORD, HELP THEM, HELP THEM.
49:30 I KNOW I WAS WORKING AT A JOB IN CALIFORNIA, AND ONE LADY -- MY
49:35 SUPERVISOR WAS THERE -- REMEMBER I TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS HON --
49:38 >> UH-HUH. >> -- AND MY SUPERVISOR CAME IN
49:42 AND THIS LADY DOES SO AWFUL TO ME --
49:45 >> ANOTHER COWORKER. >> ANOTHER COWORKER.
49:48 SHE CAME IN AND SHE SAID ANGELA -- YAW, YAW, YAW.
49:53 SHE WAS JUST YELLING AT ME. AND MY SUPERVISOR WAS THERE THAT
49:58 DAY. SHE DIDN'T WORK IN THAT OFFICE,
50:00 BUT SHE WAS THERE THAT DAY. AND I DIDN'T SAY A WORD.
50:03 I WAS LIKE, WHY IS SHE SAYING THIS TO ME?
50:08 THAT'S NOT TRUE I JUST KEPT QUIET.
50:10 AND AFTER THE LADY LEFT -- SHE JUST STORMED OUT OF THERE.
50:15 MY SUPERVISOR SAID ANGELA, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
50:19 YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO REBUTTAL HER.
50:22 I KNOW HOW THAT LADY IS. I KNOW HOW MEAN SHE IS.
50:26 BUT SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU TOOK ALL OF THAT.
50:29 AND SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO JUST KEEP QUIET.
50:32 BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AND GET BACK -- JUST
50:36 KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT -- WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY --
50:39 >> A SOFT ANSWER [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
50:41 >> YES. YES.
50:42 I WOULD HAVE SELLED AT HER AND SCREAMED, BUT I DIDN'T.
50:49 >> AND TELL THEM THE END RESULT. >> I GOT A RAISE.
50:52 THE NEXT WEEK MY BOSS GAVE ME A RAISE.
50:54 [ LAUGHTER ] >> IT WAS A BLESSING.
50:57 >> I HAVE HAD THAT HARD HEART AT TIMES.
51:00 YOU GET HURT, AND IT'S LIKE, OH, MAN.
51:03 >> YES. >> I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE RIGHT,
51:06 BUT I HAVE HAD THAT HARD HEAR, AND THAT'S WHERE MY OWN PERSONAL
51:11 EXPERIENCE, I HAVE HAD TO SAY, GOD, PLEASE TAKE THAT STONY
51:15 HEART AND GIVE ME A HEART OF FLESH.
51:19 >> THAT'S THE SCRIPTURE I HAVE OPEN.
51:22 >> OKAY. GO FOR IT.
51:24 GO AHEAD, READ IT. >> IT SAYS -- BECAUSE I LOVE
51:27 THIS -- BECAUSE WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR HEARTS.
51:33 AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE GOSPEL.
51:36 GOD DOES IT. EZEKIEL 36:26, SAYS I WILL TAKE
51:46 THE HEART OF STONE OUT OF YOUR FLESH -- I WILL TAKE THAT HEART
51:51 OF STONE OUT OF YOUR FLESH, AND GIVE YOU ARE HEART OF FLESH.
51:55 I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU, AND CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN MY
52:02 STATUES, AND YOU WILL DEEP MY JUDGMENTS AND DO THAT, AND YOU
52:06 SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. >> AMEN.
52:08 >> AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD. GOD IS THE ONE WHO DOES THAT.
52:13 >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S GREAT -- NO.
52:15 BUT JUST THAT -- YEAH, FOR ME IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE JUST
52:19 PRAYING THAT TO GOD, SAYING GOD, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.
52:24 I KNOW I SHOULD FORGIVE, BUT BY FAITH, I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE
52:28 AND SAY, YEAH, GOD, PUT THAT FORGIVING SPIRIT IN ME.
52:34 TAKE MY STONY OLD HEART AND MAKE IT SOFT AND PLIABLE.
52:41 IT'S GOD THAT CREATES IT. SO PRAYING THOSE SCRIPTURES TO
52:47 GOD. AND GOD DOES A MIRACLE -- GOING
52:50 BACK TO THAT SONG, SAM OCAMPO -- >> IT TAKES A MIRACLE.
52:56 >> IF SOMEBODY HAS WRONGED YOU IN A TERRIBLE WAY, JUST SAY,
53:00 GOD, I WANT TO FORGIVE, I NEED TO FORGIVE.
53:05 TAKE THAT OLD HEART OUT OF ME, AND GIVE ME A HEART OF FLESH.
53:09 >> JASON. >> I'M GOING TO TRY TO READ THIS
53:12 QUICK. >> NO, YOU ARE FINE.
53:17 THIS IS MATTHEW 18:21 -- STARTING WITH VERSE 21.
53:23 THEN PETER CAME TO HIM AND SAID LORD HOW OFTEN SHALL MY BROTHER
53:27 SIN AGAINST ME AND I FORGIVE HIM?
53:30 UP TO SEVEN TIMES? JESUS SAID TO HIM, I DO NOT SAY
53:33 TO YOU UP TO SEVEN TIMES, BUT UP TO 70 TIMES SEVEN.
53:38 THEREFORE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A CERTAIN KING.
53:42 AND WHEN HE HAD BEGUN TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS ONE WAS BROUGHT TO HIM
53:47 WHO OWED HIM 10,000 TALENTS, BUT AS HE WAS NOT ABLE TO PAY, HIS
53:51 MATSER COMMANDED THAT HE BE SOLD WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN AND
53:55 ALL THAT HE HAD, THAT PAYMENT BE MADE.
53:58 THE SERVANT THEREFORE FELL DOWN BEFORE HIM SAYING MASTER HAVE
54:02 PATIENCE WITH ME AND I WILL PAY YOU OFF, THEN THE MASTER WAS
54:06 MOVED WITH COMPASSION, RELEASED HIM AND FORGAVE HIM THE DEBT.
54:10 BUT THAT SERVANT WENT OUT AND FOUND ONE OF HIS FELLOW SERVANTS
54:15 WHO OWED HIM 100 DENARI, AND HE LAID HANDS ON HIM AND TOOK HIM
54:21 BY THE THROAT SAYING PAY ME WHAT YOU OWE.
54:24 SO HE THE FELLOW SERVANT FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET AND SAID HAVE
54:29 PATIENCE WITH ME, AND I WILL PAY YUF.
54:33 AND HE WOULD NOT BUT WENT AND THROUGH HIM INTO PRISON UNTIL HE
54:36 SHOULD PAY THE DEBT. WHEN HIS FELLOW SERVANT SAW THAT
54:39 HAD BEEN DONE, THEY CAME AND TOLD THEIR MASTER ALL THAT HAD
54:43 BEEN DONE, THEN HIS MASTER AFTER HE HAS CALLED HIM, SAID TO HIM,
54:47 YOU WICKED SERVANT, I FORGAVE YOU ALL OF THAT DEBT BECAUSE YOU
54:51 BEGGED ME. SHOULD YOU NOT ALSO HAVE HAD
54:54 COMPASSION ON YOUR FELLOW SERVANT JUST AS I HAD PITY ON
54:58 YOU, AND HIS MASTER WAS ANGRY, AND DELIVERED HIM TO THE
55:02 TORTURES UNTIL HE SHOULD PAY ALL THAT WAS DUE TO HIM.
55:05 SO MY HEAVENLY FATHER WILL ALSO DO TO YOU IF EACH OF YOU FROM
55:11 HIS HEART DOES NOT FORGIVE HIS BROTHER HIS TRESPASSES.
55:15 GOD HAS FORGIVEN US OF SO MANY -THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, THAT IT WOULD BE CRAZY FOR US NOT TO
55:24 FORGIVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS WRONGED US, AND THAT PARABLE SPEAKS TO
55:29 THAT. IT IS POWERFUL.
55:31 >> OH, IT IS. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT PASSAGE,
55:34 ISN'T IT? >> YOU KNOW, FORGIVENESS IS
55:37 DIVINE. IT IS NOT HUMAN.
55:38 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BECAUSE IF I'M LOOKING AT THE
55:42 EXAMPLES THAT ARE GIVEN HERE, IT COMES BACK -- NOT ONLY THE FRUIT
55:46 OF THE SPIRIT'S LOVE. BUT IT'S LONG SUFFERING.
55:51 GENTLENESS, MEEKNESS, PATIENCE. AND I USE THE WORD -- I THINK
55:56 THE PRINCIPLE, I THINK, BUT LORD -- I'LL SHARE THIS MAYBE IN
56:01 THE SECOND HOUR -- >> OKAY.
56:02 >> ABOUT HOW -- AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID.
56:06 WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE. REALLY, WE CAN CHOOSE TO MAKE A
56:10 CHANGE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
56:11 >> AND THE CHANGE IS MADE BY THE LORD, BECAUSE WHAT YOU READ IN
56:17 EZEKIEL 37? >> 36.
56:19 >> 36. HE SAID I WILL.
56:22 IT WAS NOTHING ON EZEKIEL'S PART.
56:25 THE LORD SAID I WILL, I WILL. IT'S NO LONGER MY WILL, BUT HIS
56:30 WILL. >> AMEN.
56:31 >> SO IT'S WHAT HE DOES. IF THERE IS FIRST A WILLING
56:37 HEART, IF WE ARE WILLING AND OBEDIENT, ISAIAH 1 -- IF WE ARE
56:44 WILLING AND' BEET YENT WE WILL EAT OF THE FRUIT OF THE LAND.
56:48 WE HAVE TO BE WILLING AND OBEDIENT, AND I THINK WE'LL TALK
56:52 ABOUT HOW TO BE WILLING AND OBEDIENT.
56:55 >> AMEN. THAT'S SO EXCITING.
56:58 I LOVE PHILLIPIANS, IT'S GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU.
57:01 AND I SAY THIS VERSE ALL THE TIME, BUT I BELIEVE IT WITH ALL
57:05 OF MY HEART. BECAUSE GOD GIVES US THE DESIRE
57:08 TO FOLLOW HIM. HE GIVES US THE DESIRE TO EVEN
57:11 CHANGE. AND THEN HE GIVE US THE POWER.
57:14 SO IT'S GOD ALL THE WAY. AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
57:17 IT'S US CHOOSING TO MAKE A CHOICE.
57:19 JUST SAYING GOD WILL YOU CHANGE ME.
57:21 WILL YOU GIVE ME THE HEART OF FLESH.
57:23 I'M SO EXCITED WE HAVE A WHOLE OTHER HOUR TO TALK ABOUT THIS,
57:31 BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. SO PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT,
57:37 SWEETHEART. HE WANTS TO DO THAT WHETHER IT'S
57:38 CHURCH, COWORKERS, MARRIAGES SPOUSE, WHATEVER IT IS.
57:46 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK FOR THE SECOND HOUR.
57:47 ♪


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