¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY
LIFE ¤ ¤ SPEND MY LIFE ¤
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¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤
¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤
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¤ REMOVING PAIN ¤ ¤
LORD, LET MY WORDS ¤
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¤ LET MY WORDS ¤ ¤
HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ¤
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¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE
¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤
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¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE
¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤
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>> HELLO AND WELCOME
TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE."
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WE HAVE REALLY GLAD
THAT YOU ARE JOINING US.
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IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING
COUPLE OF HOURS HERE, BECAUSE
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WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THE POWER OF PRAISE.
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>> AMEN. >> AND WE
WANT YOU TO BE PART OF
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OUR PROGRAM. SO
WE'LL TELL YOU IN JUST A
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MOMENT HOW YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR
PRAISES TO THE LORD, AND EVEN
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YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, AND WE'LL
BE TAKING THOSE IN THE SECOND
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HOUR. FIRST,
LET ME INTRODUCE OUR
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SPECIAL GUESTS WHO
ARE FAMILY MEMBERS HERE.
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JILL MORIKONE WHO IS
OUR 3ABN GENERAL MANAGER.
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THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE
HERE. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
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TOPICS, THE POWER OF PRAISE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT.
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>> AMEN AND AMEN. AND
THEN WE HAVE IDALIA DINZEY
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WHO IS THE 3ABN LATINO,
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE
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PRESIDENT. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> AND WHO IS THE
PRESIDENT? >> TO JOHN DINZEY.
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I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
ASSISTING HIM IN THE MINISTRY,
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AND JOINING HIM IN MINISTRY.
AND IT'S A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.
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I MEAN, SO MANY
LESSONS LEARNED. >> AMEN.
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>> AS YOU GROW AND YOU LEARN TO
PRAISE GOD ANYHOW, YOU HAVE YOUR
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DREAMS AND GOALS, AND IF I WOULD
HAVE NOT HAD EXPERIENCED THE
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MIRACLES THAT HAPPEN AT 3ABN, I
WOULD BE LIKE, OH, GOD, ARE YOU
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STILL DOING MIRACLES? BUT
HERE WE HAVE THE MIRACLES.
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>> AMEN. MY HUSBAND WORKS IN THE
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MINISTRY, AND HE WILL TELL ME
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED TO
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PRAISE THE LORD FOR ANSWERING
THEIR PRAYERS, AND WE'RE GOING
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TO GIVE YOU THAT
OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.
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YOU CAN CALL US AT 618-627-4651.
OUR CALL CENTER IS OPEN.
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THEY CAN TAKE
YOUR PRAISE REPORTS.
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OR EMAIL US AT
LIVE@3ABN.TV. I'LL GET IT.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> NOW,
I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE
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THING -- WE WANT TO START THI
WITH -- WITH A PRAYER OF PRAISE.
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>> UH-HUH. >> BUT
GOD PRESCRIBED PRAISE FOR
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THE BENEFIT OF OUR
FAITH. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
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>> PRAISE IS SO FAITH-BUILDING,
AND IN PSALM 100:4, THE LORD
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SAYS, ENTER IN TO HIS GAITS WITH
THANKSGIVING AND INTO HIS COUTS
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WITH PRAISE. AND
THANKS GIVING IS A FORM OF
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PRAISE. WE WILL
TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
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MOMENT. WE WANT
YOU -- WE'RE GOING TO
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GIVE A SHOUT-OUT OF GLORY.
WHAT DOES THE FIRST ANGEL'S
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MESSAGE SAY, TO GIVE
HONOR TO GOD, AND PRAISE HIM.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE HIM PRAISE TONIGHT.
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BUT IF YOU HAVE
SUFFERING TONIGHT.
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IF PERHAPS YOU HAVE EMOTIONAL
TURMOIL IN YOUR LIFE, AND YOU
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FEEL LIKE, I DON'T HAVE ANY
REASON TO PRAISE THE LORD, THEN
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PLEASE STAY
TUNED. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
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>> BECAUSE YOU WILL LEARN THE
POWER OF PRAISE, AND HOW GOD CAN
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CHANGE YOUR
CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH PRAISE.
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SO LET'S BEGIN -- BEFORE WE HAVE
A SONG, WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH A
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PRAYER OF PRAISE. AND
ONE THING THAT -- I HAVE TO
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TELL YOU, THERE IS NOT A DAY
THAT GOES BY -- THE FIRST THING
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THAT I DO WHEN I AM PRAYING
IS I THANK GOD FOR HIS SON JESUS
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CHRIST. I THINK
JESUS FOR HUMILIATING
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HIMSELF TO TAKE ON OUR FRESH
AND DIE ON A CROSS FOR OUR SINS.
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I THANK GOD FOR HIS HOLY SPIRIT.
AND I ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR HIS
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WORD. HIS WORD
THAT -- JAMES 1:21
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SAYS, WHEN IT IS IMPLANTED IN
OUR HEARTS, IT HAS THE POWER TO
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SAVE OUR SOUL. >> AMEN.
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>> THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN
PRAISE GOD FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY.
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>> AMEN. >> AND
WHEN WE DO -- SOMETHING
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THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF THAT -- I
KNOW AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY, I'LL
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SPENDING TIME REALLY THANKING
JESUS, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
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HE DID FOR US, AND IT MAKES ME
UNDERSTAND HOW DEPENDANT ON AM
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ON GOD. IT'S WONDERFUL.
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HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME BEFORE
YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
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LORD, WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL TO
YOU FOR THE GIFT OF SALVATION.
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WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU
FOR OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS
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CHRIST. WE ARE
SO GRATEFUL TO YOU,
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FATHER GOD, THAT YOU SENT YOUR
SON TO DIE FOR US, WHILE WE WERE
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YET SINNERS, AND FATHER, THAT
YOU SENT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, THAT
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AS HE INDWELLS US, AND WE ARE SO
GRATEFUL THAT YOU GAVE US YOUR
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LIVING WORD FATHER, THAT WE CAN
KNOW YOU, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU
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WILL HELP US TO KNOW YOU AS A
GOD WHO IS WORTHY OF ALL HONOR
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AND ALL PRAISE IN JESUS NAME.
>> OH, FATHER, WE JUST THANK
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YOU, THANK YOU, GOD,
THAT YOU ARE ON THE THROWN.
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>> YES. >> THANK
YOU FOR YOUR MERCIES
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THAT ARE NEW EVERY MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND
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YOUR GOODNESS. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR HOLINESS, AND
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YOUR MAJESTY. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS,
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AND YOUR MERCY. >> AMEN.
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>> THANK YOU WE HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE TO COME BOLDLY BEFORE
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YOUR THROWN OF GRACE, AND
WE PRAISE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE
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TONIGHT. >> AMEN.
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AND WE CONTINUE OUR PRAISES,
FATHER, FOR YOUR INTERVENING IN
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YOUR LIVING, FOR BEING WILLING
TO COME INTO OUR HEARTS AND GIVE
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US A NEW HEART. >> AMEN.
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>> REMOVE THE HEART OF
STONE, AND GIVE US A HEART OF
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THANKSGIVING AND OF PRAISE.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE
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MANY TIMES YOU HAVE SAVED OUR
LIVES, FOR THE MANY TIMES THAT
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YOU HAVE WATCHED OUR GOINGS
IN, AND COMINGS OUT, FATHER.
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THANK YOU FOR FULFILLING YOUR
PROMISES, AND FOR YOUR PEACE
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THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO TAKE,
NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES, BUT AS
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YOU GIVE, AND WE WILLINGLY,
AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE TO TAKE THAT
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PEACE THAT YOU OFFER US
AND TAKE IT FOR OUR OWN.
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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PEACE, AND
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE TIMES
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WE HAVE HAD CHALLENGES, AND
YOU HAVE BROUGHT LIGHT INTO OUR
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HEARTS, AND YOU HAVE -- IN
JESUS NAMED REBUKED THE DEVIL.
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
WE GLORIFY YOUR NAME.
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WE HONR YOU, BECAUSE THERE'S
POWER IN YOUR NAME AND THERE'S
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POWER IN PRAISING YOU AND
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WHAT WE HAVE
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AND WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IS
ONLY THROUGH YOU AND YOUR POWER.
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SO THANK YOU, JESUS. YOU
TAKE US IN AS YOUR BABES,
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AND WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LOVE AND KINDNESS.
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>> HALLELUJAH. >> AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY
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THAT WILL BE WITH US
ETERNALLY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
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>> AMEN. AND AMEN.
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WE HAVE MUSIC FOR YOU, AND THIS
IS A NEW SONG, THE MESSAGE OF
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MERCY. AND WE HAVE
FIVE LADIES WHO HAVE
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A BEAUTIFUL VOICE.
THEY WILL BE SINGING FOR US,
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"TOTAL PRAISE." ¤
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¤ ¤ YOUR PEACE YOU GIVE ME ¤
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¤ IN TIME OF THE STORM ¤
¤ YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF MY
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STRENGTH ¤ ¤ YOU
ARE THE STRENGTH OF MY
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LIFE ¤ ¤ I LIFT
MY HANDS IN TOTAL
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PRAISE ¤ ¤ TO YOU ¤
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¤ AMEN, AMEN ¤ ¤ AMEN ¤
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¤ AMEN ¤ ¤ AMEN ¤
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¤ AMEN, AMEN ¤ ¤ AMEN ¤
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¤ AMEN ¤
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>> WHAT BEAUTIFUL
HARMONY THEY HAVE.
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"TOTAL PRAISE" BY MESSAGE OF
MERCY, AND WE THANK THEM SO MUCH
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FOR COMING TO
3ABN TO SING FOR US.
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>> AMEN. >> LADIES,
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
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DO TO GET US KICKED OFF IS
LET'S LOOK AT HEBREWS 13 --
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>> YAY. >> -- AND
WE WILL LOOK AT VERSE
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15, BECAUSE THE THING I WANT TO
POINT OUT TONIGHT, WHEN GOD SAYS
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ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH
THANKSGIVING, ENTER INTO HIS
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COURTS WITH PRAISE, MEANS WE ARE
ALL CALLED INTO A PRIESTHOOD.
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AND WHEN YOU -- I THINK THE BEST
WAY TO BEGIN YOUR PRAYER, IT'S
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KIND OF A HEAVENLY ENTRY INTO
THE PORTALS OF HEAVEN TO THANK
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GOD. AND, YOU KNOW, IT TOTALLY
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CHANGES YOUR
ATTITUDE -- >> AMEN.
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>> -- WHEN YOU BEGIN
TO HAVE A THANKFUL HEART.
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IN HEBREWS 13:15, IT SAYS,
THEREFORE, BY HIM, BY CHRIST,
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LET US CONTINUALLY
OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE.
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THAT'S THE ONLY SACRIFICE
THAT GOD IS ASKING OF US, THE
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SACRIFICE OF PRASE. THE
SACRIFICE OF PRAISE TO GOD,
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AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO
EXPLAIN WHAT THAT -- THAT MEANS.
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>> UH-HUH. >> THAT
IS THE FRUIT OF OUR LIPS
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GIVING THANKS TO HIS NAME.
IT'S A JOYFUL EXPRESSION OF YOUR
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GRATITUDE. AND I
THINK ABOUT PEOPLE -- WE
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HAVE HEARD THE PARABLE THAT
THE MAN WHO WAS FEELING BADLY
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BECAUSE HE HAD NO SHOES UNTIL
HE SAW A MAN WHO HAD NO FEET.
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WE HAVE ALL GOT SOMETHING
TO BE THANKFUL TO GOD FOR.
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>> AMEN. ABSOLUTELY.
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>> AND I WANT TO ASK YOU, IF
YOU WILL, DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL
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STORY OF HOW GOD
TAUGHT YO TO BE THANKFUL?
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>> WHICH ONE DO WE
START WITH? [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> WELL, I MUST SAY, ONE OF
THEM -- WELL, THERE ARE SO MANY.
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ONE TIME SAMUEL WAS HAVING
ASTHMA ATTACKS -- I ACTUALLY
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DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ASTHMA, AND
I SAID, LORD, I CANNOT TAKE THIS
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TRIAL. I JUST
CANNOT TAKE THIS TRIAL.
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I DON'T KNOW WHERE JOHNNY WAS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR SITUATION
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WAS THAT I
DIDN'T HAVE A VEHICLE.
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AND I CALLED A FRIEND, AND SHE
DELAYED AND DELAYED AND DELAYED,
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AND IT CAME TO THE POINT
THAT I -- I WAS DESPERATE, AND I
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DIDN'T KNOW TO BE WORRIED ABOUT
MY SON MORE OR BE ANGRY THAT I
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DIDN'T GET THE HELP I WANTED.
SO I'M HERE WITH MY SON PACING
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BACK AND FORTH IN MY DRIVEWAY,
AND EVENTUALLY I FOUND MYSELF
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WALKING DOWN THE ROAD WITH
MY SON IN MY ARMS, VERY WEAK.
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AND I'M CRYING, AND PRAYING TO
THE LORD, SAYING PLEASE HELP MY
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CHILD. AND MY
HEART WAS JUST WRENCHING,
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AND THEN I'M LIKE, OH, MY.
THE ABRAHAM STORY, WHEE HE TOOK
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HIS SON TO BE THE SACRIFICE.
I'M LIKE, LORD, IS THIS GOING TO
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BE THE SACRIFICE
FOR MY SALVATION.
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BUT TRUST IN GOD'S HEART -- NOT
NECESSARILY ALWAYS SEEING HIS
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HAND, BUT I HAVE
TO TRUST HIS HEART.
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HE EMPTIED
HEAVEN FOR ME, YOU KNOW?
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AND IT'S SO EASY TO FORGET THAT.
BUT FOCUSING ON HIS LOVE, AND I
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SAID, LORD, I AM
WILLING TO GO THROUGH THS.
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I ACCEPT IT. SO I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PEACE,
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BECAUSE HE DID
PROVIDE A LAMB, RIGHT?
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YET HIS SON DID NOT DIE, BUT
HE PROVIDED A LAMB FOR ABRAHAM,
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RIGHT? >> RIGHT.
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>> SO I'M LIKE, LORD, PLEASE,
BUT IF I MUST ACCEPT THIS, GIVE
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ME YOUR PEACE. CAN YOU
BELIEVE THAT I -- I WAS
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LIKE THIS WEIGHT CAME OFF
OF MY SHOULDERS, AND I TRUSTED
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COMPLETELY IN THE
LORD ON MY SON'S LIFE.
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AND I TOLD HIM, I'M YOUR EARTHLY
MOM, BUT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER
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IS GOD. AND
WHEREVER GOD LEADS YOU, YOU
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HAVE AN ANOINTING BECAUSE GOD
PRESERVED YOUR LIFE, AND BECAUSE
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OF THAT TRIAL
THAT -- [ NO AUDIO ]
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[ TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES ] >> I GOT HELP.
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SHE FINALLY CAME, AND SHE
APOLOGIZED, AND I SAID DON'T
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WORRY, JUST TAKE ME IN, AND
WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
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AND LET'S JUST GO. AND
WHEN THE DOCTOR GAVE US THAT
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DIAGNOSTIC, SHE FELT SO
BAD, AND I SAD DON'T FEEL BAD.
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THE LORD BROUGHT HIM HERE.
>> SHE RECOGNIZED HOW SERIOUS
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THE SITUATION
WAS. >> WE DIDN'T KNOW.
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BUT SOMETIMES SATAN WA WAWA
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WANTH -- WANTS TO
ATTACK US THROUGH OUR CHILDREN.
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BUT THEY ARE OUR LOVED ONES, WE
WANT TO PROTECT THEM, BUT WHEN
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THEY ARE ATTACKED BY THE
END -- ENEMY, WE SUFFER SO MUCH.
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AND I SEE HIS HAND WORKING
IN MY CHILDREN'S LIVES, AND I AM
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BLESSED AND I
GIVE PRAISE. >> AMEN.
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>> I JUST WANT TO ADD
SOMETHING BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU
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SAID -- THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
WHO UNDERSTAND WHEN ABRAHAM WAS
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ASKED TO SACRIFICE ISAAC, GOD
HAS ALREADY CUT A COVENANT WITH
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ABRAHAM AND SHOWN HIM THAT
HE WAS GOING TO SACRIFICE -- GOD
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WAS GOING TO SACRIFICE HIS SON
JESUS CHRIST AND RESURRECT HIM,
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AND LET ME SHOW YOU THAT
I KNOW ABRAHAM KNEW THAT.
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BECAUSE HEBREWS 11:17, IT SAYS,
BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS
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TESTED OFFERED UP ISAAC, AND
WHO HE HAD RECEIVED THE PROMISE,
00:18:37.61\00:18:43.82
OFFERED UP HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
OF WHOM IT WAS SAID, AND ISAAC
00:18:43.82\00:18:48.46
YOUR SEED SHALL BE CALLED,
CONCLUDING THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO
00:18:48.46\00:18:55.23
RAISE HIM UP EVEN FROM THE DEAD
FROM WHICH HE ALSO DELIVERED HIM
00:18:55.23\00:18:59.60
IN A FIGURATIVE SENSE. >> YES.
00:18:59.60\00:19:02.97
>> SO ABRAHAM HAD SEEN CHRIST.
HE KNEW HE HAS GIVEN HIM THIS
00:19:02.97\00:19:13.25
CHILD FROM WHOM HIS SPEED WOULD
BE MULTIPLIED, SO HE JUST SAID,
00:19:13.25\00:19:19.95
OKAY, IF I -- HE FIGURED IF
GOD CAN SACRIFICE HIS SON, IF I
00:19:19.95\00:19:26.29
SACRIFICE ISAAC, HE WILL RAISE
HIM UP JUST LIKE HE DID WITH
00:19:26.29\00:19:30.87
JESUS. >> UH-HUH.
00:19:30.87\00:19:31.73
>> JILL, DO YOU HAVE AN
EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE
00:19:31.73\00:19:34.94
YOU REALLY -- GOD TURNED IT TO
YOU, TO WHERE YOU LEARNED HOW TO
00:19:34.94\00:19:39.17
HAVE A THANKFUL
HEART? >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:19:39.17\00:19:41.88
BEFORE I SHARE THAT, I WANT TO
SHARE A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES IF
00:19:41.88\00:19:45.98
I MAY. WE WERE IN
HEBREWS 13:15, AND,
00:19:45.98\00:19:51.39
YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN
THINK PRAISE IS FOR GOD.
00:19:51.39\00:19:53.52
AND THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND
I BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL OF MY
00:19:53.52\00:19:57.23
HEART, BUT PRAISE IS
FOR ME. PRAISE CHANGES ME.
00:19:57.23\00:20:01.50
>> ABSOLUTELY. >>
WHEN I PRAY IT CHANGES ME,
00:20:01.50\00:20:04.93
AND THAT'S AN EXPERIENCE I WANT
TO SHARE IS WHEN I LEARNED THAT.
00:20:04.93\00:20:08.70
WHEN I LEARNED THAT PRAISE COULD
ACTUALLY CHANGE MY HEART, PRAISE
00:20:08.70\00:20:13.21
COULD CHANGE MY ATTITUDE, AND
PRAISE COULD CHANGE MY EMOTIONS.
00:20:13.21\00:20:18.05
HEBREW 13:15 SAYS WE OFFER THE
SACRIFICE OF PRAISE TO GOD, AND
00:20:18.05\00:20:22.68
IN THE GREEK SACRIFICE MEANS
SACRIFICE OR OFFERING, SO WE
00:20:22.68\00:20:26.19
BRING THAT. WE HAVE
BEEN TALK ABOUT ISAAC,
00:20:26.19\00:20:29.56
OR WITH SAM,
OFFERING THAT TO GOD.
00:20:29.56\00:20:33.40
LET'S LOOK -- I WANT TO TURN
BACK TO PSALMS 22 PSALMS 22:3.
00:20:33.40\00:20:46.61
IT SAYS BUT YOU ARE HOLY
ENTHRONED IN THE PRAISES OF
00:20:46.61\00:20:53.15
ISRAEL. NOW, NEW
KING JAMES IT SAYS
00:20:53.15\00:20:58.09
ENTHRONED. KING
JAMES WOUD SAY INHABITED.
00:20:58.09\00:21:01.09
INHABIT MEANS IN
HEBREW TO SIT, TO REMAIN --
00:21:01.09\00:21:05.16
>> TO DWELL. >> TO DWELL.
00:21:05.16\00:21:06.73
>> EXACTLY. ALL
THREE, TO SIT, TO REMAIN, TO
00:21:06.73\00:21:12.37
DWELL. SO IF I
READ THIS AGAIN, WE ARE
00:21:12.37\00:21:15.07
THE ISRAEL OF GOD WE
HAVE THE CHOSEN, RIGHT?
00:21:15.07\00:21:17.97
>> YES. >> EACH ONE
OF US IN THE NAME OF
00:21:17.97\00:21:20.98
JESUS, AND WHO HAS ACCEPTED
HIM AS OUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
00:21:20.98\00:21:24.71
SO IT SAYS AS WE
PRAISE, WHAT HAPPENS?
00:21:24.71\00:21:29.92
>> GOD INHABITS. >>
GOD SITS DOWN WITH ME.
00:21:29.92\00:21:33.79
>> AMEN. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:21:33.79\00:21:35.46
>> GOD SITS DOWN WITH
YOU. GOD DWELLS WITH YOU.
00:21:35.46\00:21:40.26
SO AS I PRAISE, WHAT
HAPPENS? GOD SHOWS UP.
00:21:40.26\00:21:44.23
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
AND IF YOU GO BACK TWO
00:21:44.23\00:21:49.27
CHAPTERS, MAYBE THREE HERE.
PSALMS 16:11, YOU WILL SHOW ME
00:21:49.27\00:21:55.04
THE PATH OF LIFE, AND YOUR
PRESENCE IS FULL OF JOY, AT YOUR
00:21:55.04\00:21:59.15
RIGHT HAND ARE
PLEASURES FOREVER MORE.
00:21:59.15\00:22:01.38
>> AMEN. >> SO
WHEN I PRAISE, WHAT
00:22:01.38\00:22:04.29
HAPPENS? GOD SHOWS UP.
00:22:04.29\00:22:06.02
GOD DWELLS WITH ME. AND
WHEN I AM IN HIS PRESENCE,
00:22:06.02\00:22:09.52
HE GIVES ME JOY. >> AMEN.
00:22:09.52\00:22:12.76
>> THE JOY OF THE
LORD IS MY STRENGTH.
00:22:12.76\00:22:18.23
>> HALLELUJAH. >> SO I
DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
00:22:18.23\00:22:22.04
TONIGHT. DO YOU
FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE
00:22:22.04\00:22:24.81
ANY STRENGTH? I CAN'T GO ON ANY
FARTHER?-pDO YOU FEEL LIKE THE
00:22:24.81\00:22:34.05
JOY IS MISSING IN MY
JOURNEY? WHAT HAPPENS?
00:22:34.05\00:22:37.55
BEGIN TO CHOOSE
TO PRAISE. >> AMEN.
00:22:37.55\00:22:40.09
>> WHEN YOU PRAISE,
GOD'S PRESENCE DRAWS NEAR.
00:22:40.09\00:22:45.09
>> AMEN. >> AND
WHEN HIS PRESENCE COMES
00:22:45.09\00:22:48.86
HERE, WHAT HAPPENS? JOY
COMES, THE JOY OF THE LORD,
00:22:48.86\00:22:52.93
AND HE WILL GIVE
YOU THE STRENGTH.
00:22:52.93\00:22:55.14
SO I EXPERIENCED THAT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK,
00:22:55.14\00:22:59.07
SHELLEY, IN MY LIFE, I KNEW THE
CONCEPT -- I MEAN, I KNEW YOU
00:22:59.07\00:23:03.35
WERE SUPPOSED TO PRAISE, BUT
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A COMMAND.
00:23:03.35\00:23:08.15
OKAY. I'M
SUPPOSED TO PRAISE JUST
00:23:08.15\00:23:12.99
BECAUSE GOD WANTS ME TO PRAISE.
BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WOULD
00:23:12.99\00:23:17.13
CHANGE ME. IT WOULD
CAUSE THE PRESENCE OF
00:23:17.13\00:23:19.76
JESUS TO COME. SO I
REMEMBER, WE WERE GOING
00:23:19.76\00:23:22.43
THROUGH A DIFFICULT,
PAINFUL EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES.
00:23:22.43\00:23:26.57
I WAS MARRIED TO GREG, AND I
REMEMBER ONE DAY JUST RUNNING
00:23:26.57\00:23:30.41
OUT OF THE HOUSE,
RUNNING DOWN OUR GRAVEL ROAD.
00:23:30.41\00:23:34.28
WE LIVE OUT IN THE
COUNTRY. AND I REMEMBER IT WAS
00:23:34.28\00:23:37.61
SPRINGTIME, AND THE LEAVES WERE
JUST BEGINNING TO TURN GREEN,
00:23:37.61\00:23:40.52
AND THE BIRDS WERE
SINGING, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
00:23:40.52\00:23:44.95
I DIDN'T SEE THE SUN
OVERHEAD OR HEAR THE BIRDS.
00:23:44.95\00:23:48.99
I WAS JUST CRYING, AND ALL I
FELT WAS GOD, WE ASKED FOR THIS,
00:23:48.99\00:23:57.07
AND YOU SAID NO.
EVERYTHING I DREAMED OF -- I
00:23:57.07\00:24:00.94
JUST FELT LIKE HE
STOMPED ON IT, AND IT IS GONE.
00:24:00.94\00:24:03.74
AND WHAT DO YOU DO
WITH THE DEATH OF A DREAM?
00:24:03.74\00:24:07.91
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU
THINK -- EVERYTHING YOU WANT,
00:24:07.91\00:24:11.55
AND GOD SAYS NO. >>
AND I REMEMBER RUNNING DOWN
00:24:11.55\00:24:15.08
THAT ROAD AND WANTING PITY, AND
CRYING OUT TO GOD -- AND IT WAS
00:24:15.08\00:24:20.02
ALMOST LIKE HE TAPPED ME ON
THE SHOULDER -- I DON'T MEAN
00:24:20.02\00:24:24.69
LITERALLY -- BUT IT WAS
ALMOST LIKE HE TAPPED ME ON THE
00:24:24.69\00:24:29.43
SHOULDER AND HE SAID JILL, MY
DAUGHTER, COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS.
00:24:29.43\00:24:35.50
AND I'M THINKING, WHAT?
I'M HAVING A PITY PARTY RIGHT
00:24:35.50\00:24:43.04
NOW. AND HE SAID
COUNT YOUR -pBLESSINGS.
00:24:43.04\00:24:46.78
GOD WANTED PRAISE, BECAUSE
HE KNEW IT WOULD CHANGE ME.
00:24:46.78\00:24:51.82
BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT
I MADE A DECISION WITH MY MIND.
00:24:51.82\00:24:57.99
GOD, I WILL PRAISE YOU.
EVEN THOUGH I WANT PITY.
00:24:57.99\00:25:01.26
EVEN THOUGH IT DOES NOT FEEL
GOOD, I WILL PRAISE YOU RIGHT
00:25:01.26\00:25:05.67
NOW. AND I REMEMBER BEGINNING TO
00:25:05.67\00:25:07.17
PRAISE. GOD THANK
YOU FOR YOUR GOOD.
00:25:07.17\00:25:09.20
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF
00:25:09.20\00:25:14.48
SALVATION, AND THE DEATH OF
JESUS, AND I THANK YOU FOR A
00:25:14.48\00:25:17.71
HUSBAND AND MARRIAGE AND
MINISTRY, AND AS I WALKED THAT
00:25:17.71\00:25:23.18
ROAD, AND AS I CHOSE
PRAISE, GOD CHANGED MY HEART.
00:25:23.18\00:25:26.19
>> AMEN. >> PRAISE THE LORD.
00:25:26.19\00:25:28.59
>> AND THE TEARS QUIT. >> AMEN.
00:25:28.59\00:25:31.03
>> AND THEN IT WAS LIKE THE
SUN CAME OUT, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD
00:25:31.03\00:25:35.36
BEEN SHINING THE WHOLE TIME,
BUT IT WAS LIKE THE SU CAME OUT,
00:25:35.36\00:25:39.57
AND I COULD HEAR THE BIRDS AND
SEE THE LEAVES, AND I FELT THE
00:25:39.57\00:25:44.41
PRESENCE OF JESUS. >> AMEN.
00:25:44.41\00:25:46.54
>> AND WITH THAT
CAME PIECE AND JOY.
00:25:46.54\00:25:49.61
>> AMEN. >> SO I
THINK GOD WANTS TO DO
00:25:49.61\00:25:52.25
THAT IN ALL OF OUR LIVES.
NOT JUST MY LIFE, BUT YOU AT
00:25:52.25\00:25:56.35
HOME. YOU MIGHT
BE SITTING BY THE BED
00:25:56.35\00:25:58.89
OF SOMEBODY WHO IS DIEING,
AND YOU LOVE WITH THEM WITH
00:25:58.89\00:26:03.22
EVERYTHING INSIDE OF YOU.
YOU MIGHT BE WAITING BY THE
00:26:03.22\00:26:06.13
PHONE FOR YOUR SON TO CALL
YOU AND SAY I'M COMING HOME.
00:26:06.13\00:26:09.50
YOU MIGHT BE WAITING FOR A
SPOUSE TO RETURN, AND YOU DON'T
00:26:09.50\00:26:13.60
EVEN KNOW WHO
THEY ARE WITH TONIGHT.
00:26:13.60\00:26:15.90
YOU MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH PAIN,
AND GOD SAYS MAKE A CHOICE --
00:26:15.90\00:26:20.14
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THIS
00:26:20.14\00:26:23.35
PAIN TO PRAISE, AND GOD
WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE YOUR HEART.
00:26:23.35\00:26:27.95
>> YEAH. >> AMEN.
00:26:27.95\00:26:29.98
YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN
WITH THAT SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS
00:26:29.98\00:26:34.12
GOD INHABITS THE PRAISES OF HIS
PEOPLE, JAMES TELLS US, IF WE
00:26:34.12\00:26:41.70
DRAW NEAR TO GOD, HE
WILL DRAW NEAR TO US.
00:26:41.70\00:26:44.50
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND
SOMETIMES WE ARE HAVING A
00:26:44.50\00:26:48.54
POOR PITIFUL ME PARTY, AND SELF
PITY IS REALLY STRAIGHT FROM THE
00:26:48.54\00:26:53.81
PITS O HELL. SO WHEN
GOD -- ACTUALLY, WE ARE
00:26:53.81\00:26:57.58
COME MAN -- COMMAND HIM, BUT GOD
PRESCRIBED IT SO WE COULD COME
00:26:57.58\00:27:04.39
FROM THAT DOWN IN THE
MOUTH ATTITUDE, TO DRAW INTO HIS
00:27:04.39\00:27:08.89
PRESENCE. WHEN HE
TAUGHT ME -- AND LET ME
00:27:08.89\00:27:11.29
JUST SAY THIS -- I THINK
THAT -- I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A
00:27:11.29\00:27:15.30
PRETTY THANKFUL PERSON, BUT WHEN
HE WAS TEACHING ME HOW TO PRESS
00:27:15.30\00:27:19.10
INTO HIS PRESENCE, AND IT
WAS PSALM 100:4, AND I LOOK AT
00:27:19.10\00:27:28.54
THANKSGIVING AS KIND OF A
SELF FOCUS PLATFORM OF PRAISE,
00:27:28.54\00:27:31.91
BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING HIM THANKS
FOR HIS GOODNESS AND MERCY IN
00:27:31.91\00:27:35.78
OUR LIVES, AND THN THE WORD IN
HEBREW IS THE PRAISE -- WHEN YOU
00:27:35.78\00:27:43.69
ARE RECOGNIZING THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD, WHEN YOU
00:27:43.69\00:27:47.76
ARE RECOGNIZING AND
TALKING ABOUT HIS NATURE, HIS
00:27:47.76\00:27:55.80
ATTRIBUTES, AND YOU REALIZE
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH
00:27:55.80\00:27:58.51
HIM -- >> AMEN.
00:27:58.51\00:28:00.08
>> BUT AS WE DRAW IN -- AND I
NOTICED THAT GO WAS CHANGING MY
00:28:00.08\00:28:04.31
HEART SO MUCH -- >> UH-HUH.
00:28:04.31\00:28:06.41
>> -- BECAUSE ALL OF THE LITTLE
PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING, IT WAS
00:28:06.41\00:28:10.19
NOTHING. BUT THEN I
WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT
00:28:10.19\00:28:13.46
IN 2004. I HAD
PREACHED AT ONE PLACE ON
00:28:13.46\00:28:17.13
MY WAY TO PREACH TO ANOTHER.
LONG STORY SHORT, I WAS DOING 70
00:28:17.13\00:28:23.33
MILES AN HOUR, AND SOMEBODY CAME
DEKT  -- DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF
00:28:23.33\00:28:30.67
ME. SO I JERKED
MY WHEEL AND ALL I
00:28:30.67\00:28:33.24
HAD TIME TO PRAY
WAS LORD, HELP ME.
00:28:33.24\00:28:36.38
AND THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS
THIS -- I WENT FROM 70 TO 0 ON
00:28:36.38\00:28:44.49
IMPACT. THE CAR
BOUNCED UP IN THE AIR,
00:28:44.49\00:28:47.09
TWISTED AROUND, EVERYTHING FROM
THE BACK T-POST AND THINGS THAT
00:28:47.09\00:28:50.96
WERE IN THE BACK OF OUR SUV WERE
SAILING FORWARD AND I ENDED UP
00:28:50.96\00:28:56.93
STRADDLING THIS DITCH.
I DROVE OUT OF THERE --
00:28:56.93\00:29:00.17
>> OH, WOW. >> --
BECAUSE THE DITCH KIND OF
00:29:00.17\00:29:05.17
KEPT GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER.
IT TOOK A WHILE, BECAUSE I WAS
00:29:05.17\00:29:11.75
UNCONSCIOUS FOR A WHILE. I
DROVE AND PREACHED AT THE NEXT
00:29:11.75\00:29:18.62
CHURCH -- >> YOU ARE KIDDING.
00:29:18.62\00:29:20.26
>> BUT HERE IS THE POINT.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW BADLY I WAS
00:29:20.26\00:29:25.16
INJURED. SO THAT
NIGHT I COULD NOT EVEN
00:29:25.16\00:29:27.40
MOVE MY HEAD. I
HAD BROKEN MY NECK.
00:29:27.40\00:29:30.90
BROKEN THE AXIS OF MY HEAD, AND
I HAD TWO BULGING DISKS, AND YOU
00:29:30.90\00:29:36.94
KNOW WHAT, I WAS TEMPTED FOR
A MOMENT TO MURMUR AND SAY, GOD,
00:29:36.94\00:29:45.51
HOW CAN YOU LET THAT HAPPEN?
SATAN IS ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO
00:29:45.51\00:29:49.68
GET YOU TO MURMUR AND COMPLAIN
AGAINST YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT
00:29:49.68\00:29:57.06
GOD HAS SO -- I HAD THE
THOUGHT FOR JUST A MOMENT.
00:29:57.06\00:30:01.40
HERE I WAS DELIVERING YOUR WORD,
GOING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, WHY
00:30:01.40\00:30:06.40
DIDN'T YOU PROTECT ME? AND
IMMEDIATELY I KNEW THAT THAT
00:30:06.40\00:30:10.61
WAS FROM THE DEVIL, AND
IMMEDIATELY -- GOD HAD SO
00:30:10.61\00:30:15.34
CHANGED MY HEART WITH
THANKSGIVING, THAT I STARTED
00:30:15.34\00:30:18.65
PRAYING AND SAYING OH, LORD,
THANK YOU THAT I WAS PRESERVED
00:30:18.65\00:30:22.52
IN THIS ACCIDENT. THANK
YOU, FATHER, THAT THE CAR
00:30:22.52\00:30:26.22
DIDN'T ROLL OVER. THANK
YOU THAT I DIDN'T HIT THIS
00:30:26.22\00:30:30.56
CONCRETE CULVERT. THANK
YOU THAT I DIDN'T T-BONE
00:30:30.56\00:30:33.63
THIS GUY, AND -- AND ACTUALLY
CAUSE A DEATH, AND I JUST KEPT
00:30:33.63\00:30:38.27
GOING AND GOING AND GOING, AND
IT WAS THREE YEARS, IT TOOK FOR
00:30:38.27\00:30:42.90
THE HEALING FROM THAT, BUT IT
WAS NOT EASY -- YOU KNOW, PAUL
00:30:42.90\00:30:50.35
TELLS US -- WHERE
IS THAT SCRIPTURE.
00:30:50.35\00:30:55.02
IN EPHESIANS 5:20. HE
SAID GIVING THANKS ALWAYS FOR
00:30:55.02\00:31:01.79
ALL THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER
IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD, JESUS
00:31:01.79\00:31:07.60
CHRIST. THANKING HIM FOR IT?
00:31:07.60\00:31:10.80
HUM. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:31:10.80\00:31:11.97
>> THEN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:15-18,
SAYS REJOICE, IN EVERYTHING GIVE
00:31:11.97\00:31:23.68
THANKS FOR THIS IS THE WILL
OF GOD AND CHRIST JESUS FOR YOU.
00:31:23.68\00:31:31.12
IT ISN'T EASY, BUT IT'S VERY
THERAPEUTIC, BECAUSE AS YOU ARE
00:31:31.12\00:31:37.76
PRAISING GOD AND THANKING HIM,
IT'S LIKE HE OPENS UP YOUR HEART
00:31:37.76\00:31:41.93
TO BE A RECEPTACLE OF HIS
INCREASED MERCY AND TRUST, AND
00:31:41.93\00:31:52.44
IT IS LIE
CHANGING. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:31:52.44\00:31:54.61
THE SCRIPTURE IN 1ST THES
LOANIANS 5, IT SAYS WE GIVE
00:31:54.61\00:32:00.85
THANKS IN
EVERYTHING. >> EXACTLY.
00:32:00.85\00:32:03.72
>> AND THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE
BECAUSE WE KNOW THE THIEF COMES
00:32:03.72\00:32:09.59
TO STEAL AND DESTROY, AND WE
KNOW THAT THE BAD THINGS THAT
00:32:09.59\00:32:13.56
HAPPEN IN THIS WORLD
ARE THE RESULT OF THE ENEMY.
00:32:13.56\00:32:18.03
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT
IN THE MIDST OF THAT, WE
00:32:18.03\00:32:21.30
CAN GIVE THANKS. >>
AND YOU ARE RIGHT ON 1ST
00:32:21.30\00:32:26.88
THESSALONIANS, BUT EPHESIANS
5:20, IT SAYS GIVE ALL THANKS.
00:32:26.88\00:32:35.05
>> AMEN. >> TELL
YOUR STORY ABOUT THE MAN
00:32:35.05\00:32:38.25
WHO LOST HIS SON. >>
YES, THIS GENTLEMAN HAS
00:32:38.25\00:32:44.43
IMPACTED MY LIFE
AND GREG'S INCREDIBLY.
00:32:44.43\00:32:46.96
AND I REMEMBER HIM TELLING
US WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH A
00:32:46.96\00:32:49.83
DIFFICULT -- A PAINFUL TIME,
NOT WITH EACH OTHER, AS IN OUR
00:32:49.83\00:32:54.34
MARRIAGE, BUT
JUST A PAINFUL TIME --
00:32:54.34\00:32:57.31
>> LIFE. >> YEAH, LIFE.
00:32:57.31\00:32:58.74
[ LAUGHTER ] >> AND I
REMEMBER HE SAID AFTER
00:32:58.74\00:33:02.28
HE LOST HIS SON -- HE SAID,
OF COURSE THE PAIN AND THE -- I
00:33:02.28\00:33:06.65
CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
THE DEATH OF A CHILD.
00:33:06.65\00:33:09.15
THEY SAY NOTHING IS MORE PAINFUL
THAN THE DEATH OF A CHILD, AND
00:33:09.15\00:33:13.25
YET, IN THE MIDST OF
THAT, HE CHOSE TO GIVE THANKS.
00:33:13.25\00:33:17.16
HE CHOSE TO PRAISE. AND
SO I REMEMBER HIS COUNSEL TO
00:33:17.16\00:33:22.73
GREG AND I WAS CHOOSE TO PRAISE
IN THE MIDST OF THIS PAIN, AND
00:33:22.73\00:33:26.80
HE SAID WHEN HE MADE THAT CHOICE
TO PRAISE, THE WEIGHT AND THE
00:33:26.80\00:33:31.11
BURDEN ROLLED
OFF OF HIS SHOULDERS.
00:33:31.11\00:33:34.24
>> AMEN. >> AND
THAT'S THE POWER OF GOD,
00:33:34.24\00:33:36.95
AND IT THAT'S
POWER OF GODS WORD.
00:33:36.95\00:33:41.55
SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL IT,
YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE AND PRAISE,
00:33:41.55\00:33:45.95
AND WHAT HAPPENS? GOD'S
WORD IS TRUE AND HE WILL
00:33:45.95\00:33:50.29
CHANGE OUR HEARTS. >>
I JUST WANT TO REMIND OUR
00:33:50.29\00:33:54.73
AUDIENCE, THIS
IS A LIVE PROGRAM.
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YOU CAN CALL US -- WE WANT
TO HEAR YOUR PRAISE REPORTS.
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HOW GOD TAUGHT YOU TO BE
THANKFUL, AND HOW IT HAS CHANGED
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YOUR LIFE, OR PERHAPS YOU ARE
NOT THERE YET, AND YOU WANT A
00:34:04.04\00:34:08.14
PRAYER REQUEST THAT YOU WANT
TO SEND HIM, AND SAY HELP ME TO
00:34:08.14\00:34:12.38
LEARN TO PRAISE IN THE
MIDST OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:34:12.38\00:34:15.68
CALL US AT 618-627-4651, THAT'S
618-627-4651, OR YOU CAN EMAIL
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US AT LIV LIVE --
L-I-V-E -- LIVE@3ABN.TV.
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BECAUSE WE WANT TO
GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO GOD.
00:34:35.47\00:34:39.01
AND IN THE SECOND HOUR, WE'RE
GOING TO GO THROUGH YOUR PRAISE
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REPORT. >> I THINK
WE SHOULD INVITE THE
00:34:43.48\00:34:48.08
VIEWERS TO
HASHTAG PRAISE THE LORD.
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>> AMEN. >>
BECAUSE WE NEED TO SHOUT
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OUT -- YOU KNOW, THE -- HOW
GREAT GOD IS, HOW GREAT GOD IS.
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THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT
HAVE COME TO MY HEART AS YOU
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WERE SHARING, JILL MORIKONE,
I KNOW THE LIFE SITUATION
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SOMETIMES CAN BRING US DOWN SO
BAD, AND WE DON'T SEE HOW IN THE
00:35:10.87\00:35:15.94
WORLD AM I EVEN GOING TO
WHISPER A THANK YOU, LORD?
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HOW CAN I THANK YOU FOR
THIS HEART BREAKING SITUATION.
00:35:20.38\00:35:27.76
EVEN IF IT'S NOT IN MY
HEART TO DO IT, START DOING IT.
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LORD, HELP MY UNBELIEF.
IF WE DON'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT
00:35:32.73\00:35:36.30
THE LORD IS GOING TO SOOTHE YOUR
HEART AFTER THANKING HIM WHEN
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YOU ARE IN A SITUATION, YOU
KNOW, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A
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GROWING EXPERIENCE. I
AM -- WHEN YOU WERE TALKING
00:35:44.21\00:35:46.94
ABOUT J.D. SHARING WITH YOU,
WHEN PEOPLE CALLED BACK AND SAID
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THANK YOU, IT TOOK ME BACK
TO THE BIBLE STORY OF THE TEN
00:35:51.41\00:35:56.89
LEPERS. >> AMEN.
00:35:56.89\00:35:58.05
>> THE LORD DOES SO MANY THINGS
FOR PEOPLE, BUT WE FORGET TO GO
00:35:58.05\00:36:03.26
BACK AND SAID THANK YOU, LORD.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET
00:36:03.26\00:36:07.30
TO THE POINT OF SAYING THANK
YOU LORD, FOR MY CAR ACCIDENT.
00:36:07.30\00:36:13.60
MY HEART WAS SO HEAVY, SO HEAVY,
BUT I SAID, LORD, THANK YOU
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ANYWAY. THANK YOU.
00:36:18.61\00:36:19.64
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO
COME OUT OF THIS, BUT THANK YOU
00:36:19.64\00:36:24.71
ANYHOW. WHEN -- AFTER WE WERE
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IMPACTED -- I DON'T REMEMBER
THE MOMENT WE WERE HIT OR
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ANYTHING -- >> AND
THIS WAS JUST ABOUT SIX
00:36:28.78\00:36:31.62
MONTHS -- >> OCTOBER 15TH, 2017.
00:36:31.62\00:36:37.86
WHEN WE -- WHEN I NOTICED WHAT
HAD HAPPENED, THE FIRST WORDS
00:36:37.86\00:36:42.00
THAT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH,
I DO REMEMBER, LORD, SAVE US.
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>> AMEN. THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.
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>> LORD, SAVE US. AND
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
00:36:52.11\00:36:55.88
I SAID HONEY, I'M SO
SORRY, BUT PLEASE, LET'S PRAY.
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AND OF COURSE I COULDN'T BREATHE
BECAUSE OF MY INTERNAL INJURIES.
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I HAD NOKIND OF INJURIES I
SUSTAINED, AND NOW I DO KNOW.
00:37:05.09\00:37:09.79
BUT I SAID HONEY,
LET'S JUST PRAY, JUST PRAY.
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SO WE PRAYED, AND IT WAS HARD TO
PRAY, BUT WE HAD PEACE, AND AS
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SOON AS WE SAID THANK YOU LORD,
AMEN, SOMEBODY RIPPED OUR AIR
00:37:20.24\00:37:27.14
BAG FROM THE WINDOW THAT OPENED
UP, AND HE SAID I'M A NURSE AND
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I'M HERE TO HELP YOU GUYS.
I NEED TO TAKE YOUR VITALS.
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AND WE WERE LIKE THANK YOU,
LORD, YOU ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS
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IN AN INSTANT. AND I
REMEMBER SAYING YOU GUYS
00:37:41.59\00:37:45.63
ARE ANGELS SENT FROM
ABOVE. THANK YOU, LORD.
00:37:45.63\00:37:51.60
AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT GOD
IS INTERVENING IN YOUR LIVES AND
00:37:51.60\00:37:55.50
DOING SOMETHING -- IF WE DO NOT
WANT TO GIVE GOD THE CREDIT FOR
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SOMETHING HE HAS DONE -- YOU
KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO
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THE POINT OF BEING
ABLE TO PRAY? YOU KNOW?
00:38:03.45\00:38:07.65
ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR
YOU, AND IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER
00:38:07.65\00:38:12.92
BIBLE TALKS, SING
YOUR LITTLE HEART OUT.
00:38:12.92\00:38:15.59
I REMEMBER BEING IN THE
HOSPITAL, NOT BEING ABLE TO
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BREATHE RIGHT, BUT THE LORD GAVE
ME A SONG EVERY DAY -- A FEW
00:38:18.66\00:38:24.07
SONGS, YOU KNOW. BUT
THAT BRINGS COMFORT, THE
00:38:24.07\00:38:27.40
SCRIPTURE SONGS -- IT BRINGS
COMFORT AND FOCUSES YOUR MIND,
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YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR HEART INTO
GOD, THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM
00:38:31.37\00:38:36.75
THAT EXISTS IN THIS EARTH.
>> IDALIA, PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW,
00:38:36.75\00:38:43.32
BUT SHE IS SEATED WITH HER ARM
ON AN PILLOW, BECAUSE OF AN ARM
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INJURY, BUT SHE IS SITTING THERE
WITH A STOMACH AND A DIAGRAM
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THAT IS ON TOP OF YOUR LUNG, AND
YOU ARE IN SEVERE PAIN TODAY.
00:38:52.89\00:38:58.37
[ LAUGHTER ] >>
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN
00:38:58.37\00:39:01.00
INSPIRATIONAL TO SO MANY OF
US HERE, BECAUSE IN THE MIDST OF
00:39:01.00\00:39:04.77
EVERYTHING, YOU HAVE MAINTAINED
THAT ATTITUDE OF THANKSGIVING
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AND PRAISE. MY
QUESTION TO YOU, YOU
00:39:08.68\00:39:11.41
KNOW -- AND WE WANT --
WE WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS.
00:39:11.41\00:39:16.15
IS IT ALWAYS THAT WAY? OR
ARE THERE MOMENTS THAT THE
00:39:16.15\00:39:20.06
DEVIL JUST GETS YOU DOWN?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO LET
00:39:20.06\00:39:26.06
OUR HAIR DOWN. >> IT IS.
00:39:26.06\00:39:30.40
[ LAUGHTER ] >>
MINE IS ALREADY DOWN.
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>> WE HAVE EXPERIENCED GOD IN
ANOTHER LEVEL LIKE WE HAVE NEVER
00:39:32.93\00:39:36.81
HAD BEFORE, AND I PRAISE THE
LORD AND THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR
00:39:36.81\00:39:41.98
THIS ACCIDENT, SO MUCH, BECAUSE
EVEN WHEN -- THE MOMENTS THAT
00:39:41.98\00:39:48.28
SATAN WANTS TO BRING MY THOUGHTS
DOWN -- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE
00:39:48.28\00:39:52.72
PAIN IS UNBEARABLE, AND I
TRY NOT TO TAKE PAIN MEDICATION,
00:39:52.72\00:39:57.26
BECAUSE I DONATED A KIDNEY BACK
IN 2001, SO IN THE ACCIDENT, A
00:39:57.26\00:40:04.27
THIRD OF MY KIDNEY WAS AT RISK,
AND BLEEDING, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
00:40:04.27\00:40:10.14
SO I'M LIKE LORD, PLEASE
HELP ME SUSTAIN THIS PAIN.
00:40:10.14\00:40:15.64
PLEASE TAKE THE PAIN AWAY, BUT
SOMETIMES I'M LIKE, LORD, OH,
00:40:15.64\00:40:21.12
I'M SO TIRED OF THIS PAIN.
WHY DOESN'T IT GO AWAY ALREADY.
00:40:21.12\00:40:26.32
LORD, YOU SAVED MY LIFE IN THAT
ACCIDENT, AND YOU CAN'T TAKE
00:40:26.32\00:40:30.49
THIS PAIN AWAY RIGHT
NOW. ARE YOU KIDDING ME LORD?
00:40:30.49\00:40:34.23
I'M SORRY, AM I
BEING TOO BLUNT? >> NO.
00:40:34.23\00:40:37.60
NO. >> BUT THIS
IS MY CONVERSATION
00:40:37.60\00:40:41.27
WITH THE LORD AT TIMES, AND
TIERS ROLL DOWN MY CHEEKS, AND
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I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW
MY FAMILY NEEDS ME.
00:40:47.84\00:40:52.68
I NEED MOVE AROUND. AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT IS LIKE
00:40:52.68\00:40:57.09
BE STILL, BE
STILL AND KNOW I AM GOD.
00:40:57.09\00:41:00.92
BE STILL. AND I BE STILL.
00:41:00.92\00:41:03.22
YOU KNOW, TURN
YOUR EYES UPON JESUS.
00:41:03.22\00:41:07.13
LOOK FULLY UPON
HIS WONDERFUL FACE.
00:41:07.13\00:41:10.90
WELL, LORD, I'M TRYING TO
COMPLAIN, AND YOU ARE GIVING ME
00:41:10.90\00:41:18.01
TEXT AND SONG -- AND IT'S
COMICAL TO ME EVEN WHEN I LOOK
00:41:18.01\00:41:22.91
BACK AT MYSELF, I SIT
THERE AND I GO THIS IS CRAZY.
00:41:22.91\00:41:27.55
HOW CAN A MINE WORK LIKE THIS
IN ONE MOMENT, YOU ARE LIKE, I'M
00:41:27.55\00:41:33.42
GIVING UP, I'M THREW WITH THIS.
AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, BE
00:41:33.42\00:41:38.49
STILL AND KNOW THAT I
AM GOD. BE STILL, YOU KNOW?
00:41:38.49\00:41:41.96
AND SO I -- IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW
JUST ONE LITTLE WORD, WILL LIFT
00:41:41.96\00:41:47.60
YOUR -- THAT SHADE
-- THAT DARKNESS --
00:41:47.60\00:41:49.70
>> YES. >> YES.
00:41:49.70\00:41:52.17
>> FROM YOUR LIFE. JUST
LITTLE WORDS, LORD SAFE ME
00:41:52.17\00:41:58.51
FROM MYSELF. >> AMEN.
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.15
>> BECAUSE IT IS A CHOICE THAT I
HAVE TO MAKE TO PRAISE THE LORD.
00:42:00.15\00:42:03.55
>> AMEN. >>
IT'S A CHOICE TO KEEP
00:42:03.55\00:42:06.76
FOCUSING ON THE PROBLEM
-- FOCUSING ON THIS PAIN
00:42:06.76\00:42:09.42
THAT I STILL HAVE A HARD
TIME SITTING, LAYING DOWN,
00:42:09.42\00:42:13.83
BREATHING -- YOU KNOW, THE
ORGANS ARE JUST DOING WHATEVER
00:42:13.83\00:42:16.60
THEY WANT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
BEEN SHOVED UP, YOU KNOW, IN
00:42:16.60\00:42:20.67
THE -- AND THE DIAPHRAGM
HAS BEEN SHIFTED UPWARD.
00:42:20.67\00:42:24.07
IT'S NOT EASY, BUT
I'M ALIVE. I CAN SPEAK.
00:42:24.07\00:42:29.08
I CAN HEAR. I CAN SEE.
00:42:29.08\00:42:31.71
>> BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING,
YOU ARE GROWING IN THE LORD.
00:42:31.71\00:42:34.48
>> YEAH. >>
LET'S LOOK AT JAMES 1.
00:42:34.48\00:42:37.65
>> OKAY. >> BECAUSE
I THINK THAT THIS IS
00:42:37.65\00:42:40.56
SOMETHING -- AND ONCE AGAIN, I
JUST KEEP WANTING TO SHARE THIS
00:42:40.56\00:42:45.96
WITH YOU. PLEASE
SEND US YOUR PRAISE
00:42:45.96\00:42:48.53
REPORTS, BRING YOUR PRAYER
REQUESTS TO 618-627-4651 OR YOU
00:42:48.53\00:42:57.14
CAN EMAIL US AND THAT ADDRESS IS
LIVE -- L-I-V-E -- LIVE@3ABN.TV.
00:42:57.14\00:43:07.58
LET'S LOOK AT JAMES 1:2-4.
HE WRITES, MY BRETHREN COUNT ALL
00:43:07.58\00:43:14.62
JOY WHEN YOU FALL
INTO VARIOUS TRIALS.
00:43:14.62\00:43:17.13
ARE YOU KIDDING?
COUNT IT ALL JOY?
00:43:17.13\00:43:21.43
KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF
YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PATIENCE.
00:43:21.43\00:43:27.20
BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS
PERFECT WORK THAT YOU MAY BE
00:43:27.20\00:43:32.47
PERFECT AND
COMPETE, LACKING NOTHING.
00:43:32.47\00:43:34.94
>> UH-HUH. >> I THINK THAT
00:43:34.94\00:43:37.88
THERE -- OBVIOUSLY GOD
DOESN'T CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS.
00:43:37.88\00:43:42.28
HE DIDN'T CAUSE
THE ACCIDENT. >> RIGHT.
00:43:42.28\00:43:44.65
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT
GOD SEES THE POTENTIAL IN
00:43:44.65\00:43:48.16
US -- >> AMEN.
00:43:48.16\00:43:49.66
>> -- AND SOMETIMES HE KNOWS
THAT A TRIAL -- YOU KNOW, WHEN
00:43:49.66\00:43:53.06
YOU THINK OF CARBON -- WHEN
YOU PUT CARBON UNDER EXTREME
00:43:53.06\00:43:58.97
PRESSURE, WHAT DOES
IT BECOME? A DIAMOND.
00:43:58.97\00:44:03.54
AND I THINK SOMETIMES GOD LOOKS
AT US AND KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH
00:44:03.54\00:44:08.58
MORE POTENTIAL THAT WE ALLOWS
THESE TRIALS TO COME THROUGH, SO
00:44:08.58\00:44:12.75
HE CAN REALLY REACH OUR HEART.
EVERYTHING THAT GOD DOES FOR YOU
00:44:12.75\00:44:16.32
IS FOR YOUR
ETERNAL BENEFIT. >> YES.
00:44:16.32\00:44:18.89
>> AND I HAVE TALKED TO SO MANY
PEOPLE -- AND I CAN SAY A REALLY
00:44:18.89\00:44:23.49
BAD TRIAL I WENT THROUGH WA THE
YEAR I HAD VERTIGO, AND IT WAS
00:44:23.49\00:44:29.53
24/7 SPINNING, TWIRLING,
AND I WAS SO SICK AND -- TO THE
00:44:29.53\00:44:33.50
POINT -- I WASN'T SUICIDAL,
BUT I FINALLY HAD THE EMOTIONAL
00:44:33.50\00:44:38.44
IDENTIFICATION WITH IT, BECAUSE
MY MOTHER HAD TRIED TO COMMIT
00:44:38.44\00:44:42.18
SUICIDE A FEW TIMES WHEN I
WAS A CHILD, AND I NEVER COULD
00:44:42.18\00:44:49.08
UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL I FELT
SO HOPELESS THAT I UNDERSTANDING
00:44:49.08\00:44:52.99
IT. BUT THAT YEAR WAS A HORRIBLE
00:44:52.99\00:44:55.22
YEAR, AND YET IT WAS
TH BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE.
00:44:55.22\00:44:57.89
>> AMEN. >> GOD
TAUGHT ME HOW TO EXSALT
00:44:57.89\00:45:05.67
HIS WORD. HE
TAUGHT ME THAT HE WAS
00:45:05.67\00:45:11.37
WATCHING OVER HIS WORD
TO PERFORM IT AS HE SAYS IN
00:45:11.37\00:45:15.44
JEREMIAH 1:12, AND YOU ALREADY
MENTIONED THIS ONE, ROMANS 4:17,
00:45:15.44\00:45:21.65
THAT HE IS THE GOD THAT GIVES
LIFE TO THE DEAD, AND CALLS
00:45:21.65\00:45:26.02
THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS
THOUGH THEY ALREADY WERE.
00:45:26.02\00:45:29.82
THAT YEAR, WHICH WAS A HORRIBLE
TRIAL, I LOOK BACK AND I THANK
00:45:29.82\00:45:34.56
GOD FOR THAT TRIAL EVERY -- NOT
EVERY DAY, I DON'T THINK ABOUT
00:45:34.56\00:45:38.50
IT EVERY DAY, BUT EVERY TIME I
THINK ABOUT IT, I SAY THANK YOU
00:45:38.50\00:45:43.67
FOR HELP ME GO THROUGH THAT.
>> ROMANS, YOU KNOW WE KNOW AL
00:45:43.67\00:45:49.08
THINGS -- AND THAT'S EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING -- WE GO
00:45:49.08\00:45:54.02
THROUGH. GOD WORKS
TOGETHER FOR GOOD, TO
00:45:54.02\00:45:56.85
THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, TO THOSE
WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS
00:45:56.85\00:46:01.79
PURPOSE. MRS. DINZEY, I JUST
THANK YOU -pFOR BEING HONEST.
00:46:01.79\00:46:06.13
THAT WAS SO POWERFUL.
BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE KIND OF
00:46:06.13\00:46:11.10
SPIRITLIZE OUR JOURNEY AND SAY,
OKAY, THIS IS HO I PRAISE, AND
00:46:11.10\00:46:14.54
THIS IS HOW I DO IT. AND
I'M DOING REALLY GOOD, BUT
00:46:14.54\00:46:18.81
WE ALL GO THROUGH THOSE TIMES,
AND EVEN THOUGH I SHARED HOW GOD
00:46:18.81\00:46:25.11
TAUGHT ME TO
PRAISE IN THAT EXPERIENCE.
00:46:25.11\00:46:27.78
JUST THIS WEEK I
HAD A PITY PARTY.
00:46:27.78\00:46:30.35
[ LAUGHTER ] >> SO
THAT DOESN'T MEAN JUST
00:46:30.35\00:46:32.52
BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING GOD IS
TEACHING US, IN THE PROCESS OF
00:46:32.52\00:46:36.49
LEARNING HOW TO PRAISE, THERE
ARE TIMES WHEN I STILL GO BACK
00:46:36.49\00:46:40.56
TO THAT -- >> UH-HUH.
00:46:40.56\00:46:41.80
>> AND THEN I
HAVE TO GO BACK TO GOD.
00:46:41.80\00:46:44.90
I REMEMBER IT WAS -- ACTUALLY
A MORNING THIS WEEK, AND I WAS
00:46:44.90\00:46:49.00
TELLING GREG, BOY, I'M
JUST -- AND HE SAID JILLY LET'S
00:46:49.00\00:46:57.55
PRAY. AND WE JUST
-- GOD, WE NEED YOU.
00:46:57.55\00:47:02.08
GOD, WE'RE CHOOSING TO PRAY
BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE CHANGED.
00:47:02.08\00:47:06.52
AND THEN WE HEADED INTO WORK,
AND MY OFFICE WHEN YOU COME IN
00:47:06.52\00:47:11.56
THE DOOR, AND HIS OFFICE
IS A COUPLE DOWN THE HALL.
00:47:11.56\00:47:15.33
SO HE UNLOCKED MY DOOR,
AND I WENT IN, AND HE SAID, I'M
00:47:15.33\00:47:21.57
PRAYING FOR YOU TODAY, JILLY.
AND AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE DAY,
00:47:21.57\00:47:27.04
JUST TO SEE GOD
WORK THAT MIRACLE.
00:47:27.04\00:47:29.74
>> AMEN. >> AND GOD CHANGE YOU.
00:47:29.74\00:47:32.45
I THINK THAT PRAISE ALLOWS
GOD TO WORK IN OUR LIVES --
00:47:32.45\00:47:36.32
>> AMEN. >> -- IN A
WAY THAT WE COULDN'T
00:47:36.32\00:47:40.52
IF WE DIDN'T PRAY. I
THINK OF PAUL AND SILAS.
00:47:40.52\00:47:46.39
THEY WERE BEATEN WITH THE
RODS AND STRIKES, AND THROWN IN
00:47:46.39\00:47:51.30
PRISON, AND YET WHAT
WOULD I BE WANTING TO DO?
00:47:51.30\00:47:55.57
YOU WOULD BE UPSET.
YOU WOULD BE, GOD, WE WERE
00:47:55.57\00:48:00.38
PREACHING. AND PAUL
HAD JUST CAST OUT THE
00:48:00.38\00:48:03.08
DEMON IN THAT GIRL.
AND GOD, WE WERE DOING YOUR
00:48:03.08\00:48:08.12
WORK, AND WHAT
ARE WE DOING IN JAIL?
00:48:08.12\00:48:10.32
AND WHAT HAPPENED? AT
MIDNIGHT, THEY WERE SINGING
00:48:10.32\00:48:14.86
PRAISES TO GOD, AND THEN
THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED, AND GOD
00:48:14.86\00:48:19.29
SHOWED UP, AND --
>> THE CHAINS BROKE.
00:48:19.29\00:48:22.66
>> THAT'S RIGHT. AND
YOU SEE THE MIRACLE THAT GOD
00:48:22.66\00:48:27.10
DID. AND THEY CHOSE TO SING.
00:48:27.10\00:48:29.30
>> THEIR LIFE WAS A LETTER
WRITTEN ON THE HEART OF CHRIST,
00:48:29.30\00:48:35.84
BECAUSE THE JAILORS
WERE LISTENING TO THEM --
00:48:35.84\00:48:39.51
>> WITNESSING. >>
WINESSING ALL OF THIS.
00:48:39.51\00:48:42.35
AND WHEN ALL OF THE CHAINS BROKE
OFF, HE IS DRAWING OUT HIS SWORD
00:48:42.35\00:48:47.32
THINKING HE WAS GOING TO HAVE
TO KILL HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WAS
00:48:47.32\00:48:52.59
RESPONSIBLE, AND WHEN PAUL SAID,
HEY, WE ARE HERE, WE DIDN'T RUN
00:48:52.59\00:48:57.23
AWAY, THE JAILOR WAS LIKE,
I WANT WHAT YOU HAVE, AND THE
00:48:57.23\00:49:03.51
JAILOR AND HIS WHOLE
HOUSEHOLD WERE BAPTIZED.
00:49:03.51\00:49:08.34
IN LUKE 17:17, WHEN
JESUS HEALED THESE TEN LEPERS.
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ONE WAS A SAMARITAN, ONLY ONE.
AND GUESS WHO CAME BACK TO THANK
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THEM. AND JESUS
SAID WERE THERE NOT
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TEN CLEANSED? BUT
WHERE ARE THE NINE?
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WERE THERE NOT ANY WHO RETURNED
TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD EXCEPT FOR
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THIS FOREIGNER? >> UH-HUH.
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>> YOU ARE SO RIGHT THAT WHEN
WE START THANKING GOD, WHEN WE
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START PRAISING
GOD, WHAT HAPPENS?
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WE TAKE OUR EYES
OFF OF THE PROBLEM --
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
WE FOCUS OUR EYES ON THE
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PROBLEM SOLVER. >> AMEN.
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>> SOMETIMES I HAVE FELT LIKE
YOU ARE SAYING -- THIS PROBLEM
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IS TOO BIG FOR ANYBODY.
AND THEN I'LL START PRAISING
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GOD, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I
REMEMBER, WOW, GOD, YOU ARE THE
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CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU,
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AND THEN HOPE BUILDS IN
YOUR HEART, AND THE FAITH.
00:50:10.74\00:50:14.51
YOU START THINKING ABOUT HOW
HE HAS LEAD IN THE PAST, AND THE
00:50:14.51\00:50:18.28
HOPE IS COMING UP IN YOUR
HEART, AND IT IS EXCITING.
00:50:18.28\00:50:22.25
AND IT DOES CHANGE YOU.
AND IN ISAIAH, HE SAYS WHEN WE
00:50:22.25\00:50:26.76
KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON HIM,
TRUSTING IN HIM, HE PROMISES TO
00:50:26.76\00:50:31.46
KEEP US IN PERFECT PEACE.
SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS -- GO
00:50:31.46\00:50:35.76
AHEAD. >> I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE A
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MENTION -- WHAT JILL SAID,
THAT MR. MORKONI, HE SAID, I'M
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PRAYING FOR YOU JILL,
AMEN. >> THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
00:50:47.18\00:50:52.31
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT
BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE --
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>> AMEN. >> THANK YOU.
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>> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I'M SURE
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SINGLE,
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PROBABLY A WIDOW, WIDOWER, WHO
DOES NOT HAVE THEIR SPOUSE WITH
00:51:02.02\00:51:07.73
THEM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR GOD'S CHILDREN TO BE THERE
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SPIRITUALLY FOR EACH OTHER.
SOMETIMES WE'RE IN NEED OF BEING
00:51:13.47\00:51:16.81
MINISTERED TO, AND WE'RE
AFRAID OF SPEAKING UP OR SAYING
00:51:16.81\00:51:21.91
SOMETHING? ALL YOU
NEED TO SAY IS PLEASE
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PRAY FOR ME. AND WHEN
PEOPLE TELL ME, PLEASE
00:51:24.41\00:51:27.52
PRAY FOR ME, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE
1:00 OR 2:0 IN THE MORNING, AND
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I HAVE PEOPLE WRITING TO ME
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, SOMETIMES
00:51:33.22\00:51:37.19
THE LORD IMPRESSES ME TO WRITE A
CERTAIN MESSAGE, AND THE PEOPLE
00:51:37.19\00:51:41.60
WERE LIKE, HEY, THAT WAS FOR ME.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP AT 3:00 IN
00:51:41.60\00:51:46.84
THE MORNING? >> WHAT
ARE YOU DOING RECEIVING
00:51:46.84\00:51:51.61
THEM AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
>> I'M TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD
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TIME OR I'M AWAKE ANYWAY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
00:51:56.44\00:52:01.58
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FROM
YOUR SPOUSE, AND IT INFLUENCED
00:52:01.58\00:52:09.86
MRS. JILL MORIKONE'S LIFE --
>> ARE YOU BEING FORMAL OR --
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>> THIS IS OUR THING.
WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE THIS.
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I ALWAYS CALL HER MRS.
DINZEY. >> AND I ALWAYS CALL HER
00:52:18.03\00:52:24.11
MRS. MORIKONI. >> I
JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO
00:52:24.11\00:52:28.58
REALIZE YOU ARE VERY
CLOSE. >> WE HAVE DONE THIS --
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>> WELL, SAMUEL IS
21, SO A LONG TIME.
00:52:33.35\00:52:37.42
BUT I STILL CALL
HER JILL SOMETIMES.
00:52:37.42\00:52:42.69
>> AND SHE
PRONOUNCES IT CORRECTLY, TOO.
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>> WELL, THANK YOU. I LOVE IT.
00:52:45.53\00:52:47.76
SO WHEN WE -- WHEN WE SHARE THAT
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT, I MUST SAY,
00:52:47.76\00:52:52.53
MY SONS HAVE
HELPED ME SPIRITUALLY.
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>> PRAISE GOD. >> I'M
LIKE THIS LITTLE KID JUST
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GIVE ME A SPIRITUAL SLAP IN THE
FACE, PER SE, YOU KNOW, A SWEET
00:53:01.11\00:53:06.08
ONE, THAT -- I'M
LIKE, OH, SAMUEL, THANK YOU.
00:53:06.08\00:53:10.62
KENNETH, THANK YOU.
MOM, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
00:53:10.62\00:53:14.12
SON, I'M DOING GOOD.
TELL ME THE TRUTH, MOM.
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WELL, YOU KNOW,
THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER.
00:53:19.09\00:53:21.63
MOM, I'M PRAYING FOR
YOU. I'M PRAYING FOR YOU MOM.
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>> THAT MUST MEAN SO
MUCH. >> IT MEANS A LOT.
00:53:26.60\00:53:30.14
AND FOR ME TO BE HONEST AND
DESCRIBE WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH,
00:53:30.14\00:53:34.84
I DON'T THINK IT IS WORRYING ME,
IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO PRAY EVEN
00:53:34.84\00:53:40.55
MORE. AND WHEN
THEY SEE THE CONDITION
00:53:40.55\00:53:43.05
THAT WE ARE, AND ALL OF THESE
THINGS ARE HAPPENING, IT IS A
00:53:43.05\00:53:48.42
BLESSING TO THEM TOO. AND
WHEN I'M HAVING A BAD DAY,
00:53:48.42\00:53:53.19
BELIEVE ME, THEY
KNOW I'M HAVING A BAD DAY.
00:53:53.19\00:53:56.60
AND THEY WILL
LAUGH ON THE PHONE.
00:53:56.60\00:53:59.17
MOM, IT WILL GET BETTER. A
WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE
00:53:59.17\00:54:03.30
FAMILY AFFECTS THE
WHOLE UNIT IN THAT FAMILY.
00:54:03.30\00:54:05.77
>> I'M GOING TO -- I DON'T KNOW
IF I HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS THIS,
00:54:05.77\00:54:09.78
BUT I'M GOING TO
SAY IT VERY QUICKLY.
00:54:09.78\00:54:12.61
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LEARNED TO BE FILLED WITH
00:54:12.61\00:54:16.48
THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE,
AND THEY HAVE THIS ATTITUDE -- I
00:54:16.48\00:54:19.62
MEAN -- WE'RE NOT SAYING
YOU DON'T GO AROUND AN BE HONEST
00:54:19.62\00:54:25.39
ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS, BUT WHEN
YOU KEEP AN ATTITUDE OF GRAT
00:54:25.39\00:54:31.27
OUGHT TO -- AND IF YOU
DON'T HAVE ONE, THE BEST WAY TO
00:54:31.27\00:54:33.70
DEVELOP ONE IS TO SIT DOWN AND
MAKE A LIST, AND COUNT THEM ONE
00:54:33.70\00:54:42.61
AND ONE, AND PRAISE FOR THAT.
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WHINE
00:54:42.61\00:54:46.45
AND COMPLAIN
CONSTANTLY. >> UH-HUH.
00:54:46.45\00:54:48.98
>> AND TO ME, I THINK, THAT
TRIAL REVEALS OUR CHARACTER.
00:54:48.98\00:54:53.52
>> UH-HUH. >> YES.
00:54:53.52\00:54:54.99
>> AND I THINK SOMETIMES GOD
ALLOWS US TO GO THROUGH THAT, SO
00:54:54.99\00:55:00.66
THAT WE CAN SEE, WOW, YOU KNOW,
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH
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ME. >> UH-HUH.
00:55:05.10\00:55:05.97
>> AND IT'S -- I
HAVE BEEN THERE MYSELF.
00:55:05.97\00:55:09.27
I HAVE DONE MY SHARE OF
WHINING A TIME OR TWO, BUT YOU
00:55:09.27\00:55:14.84
UNDERSTAND. WHEN
YOU SEE THAT, YOU THINK,
00:55:14.84\00:55:17.18
LORD, HELP ME GROW
BEYOND THIS. HE CERTAINLY WELL.
00:55:17.18\00:55:25.05
WELL, WE HAVE
JUST A MINUTE LEFT.
00:55:25.05\00:55:27.19
BUT PLEASE BE A
PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
00:55:27.19\00:55:29.69
WE WILL TALK ABOUT MORE REASONS
TO PRAISE THE LORD, BUT WE WOULD
00:55:29.69\00:55:33.63
LIKE YOU TO SHARE YOUR PRAISES
WITH US, HOW GOD HAS ANSWERED A
00:55:33.63\00:55:38.80
PRAYER, OR HOW HE HAS JUST
BROUGHT YOU THROUGH A DIFFICULT
00:55:38.80\00:55:43.34
TIME. AND YOU
ARE JUST THANKFUL TO
00:55:43.34\00:55:45.04
STILL BE ON YOUR
FEET, RIGHT? >> RIGHT.
00:55:45.04\00:55:47.71
>> AND IF YOU HAVE A PRAYER
REQUEST THAT YOU JUST FEEL
00:55:47.71\00:55:51.41
LIKE -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
FEELING -- AS YOU SAID, I'M JUST
00:55:51.41\00:55:55.45
NOT FEELING IT
TODAY -- >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:55:55.45\00:55:57.39
>> -- HELP ME. HELP ME.
00:55:57.39\00:55:59.49
BECAUSE WE WANT
TO PRAY FOR THAT.
00:55:59.49\00:56:03.46
BECAUSE IT IS TRUE THAT
PRAISE IS LIFE CHANGING.
00:56:03.46\00:56:06.96
PRAISE IS FAITH
BUILDING. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:56:06.96\00:56:12.53
I WAS THINKING ABOUT -- WHEN
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHINING.
00:56:12.53\00:56:17.27
IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO
SAY, YOU ARE JUST EASILY HAPPY.
00:56:17.27\00:56:22.08
BUT JOY ONLY COMES FROM JESUS,
AND FROM AN ABIDING SENSE OF HIS
00:56:22.08\00:56:27.08
PRESENCE. I THINK
HAPPINESS IS FLEETING.
00:56:27.08\00:56:29.35
>> ABSOLUTELY. >>
HAPPINESS IS DEPENDANT ON
00:56:29.35\00:56:35.42
CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT A DEEP
ABIDING JOY COMES FROM WALKING
00:56:35.42\00:56:39.36
WITH JESUS AND MAYBE
MAKING A CHOICE TO PRAISE.
00:56:39.36\00:56:42.50
SO I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN
MORE PESSIMISTIC OR OPTIMISTIC,
00:56:42.50\00:56:47.20
BUT WE CAN ALL MAKE A CHOICE TO
PRAY AND TO EXPERIENCE HIS JOY,
00:56:47.20\00:56:52.74
AND GOD CAN CHANGE EVEN A PERSON
WHO IS NATURALLY A PESSIMIST,
00:56:52.74\00:56:57.98
AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO YOU
LOOK AT, AND SAY, YOU ARE ALWAYS
00:56:57.98\00:57:02.35
HAPPY, AND THAT IS THE RESULT
OF THOUGH LORD JESUS CHRIST.
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>> I AGREE 100%. WE
DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE CHICKEN
00:57:05.42\00:57:10.76
LITTLE, THAT EVERY TIME
SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, OH, THE
00:57:10.76\00:57:16.93
SKY IS FALLING. WE
NEED TO TRUST IN THE LORD.
00:57:16.93\00:57:19.93
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
JOB WHEN WE COME BACK.
00:57:19.93\00:57:22.27
WE HAVE GOT MORE, AND WE HOPE
THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE SENDING
00:57:22.27\00:57:25.74
IN YOUR PRAISE
REPORTS AND PRAYER REQUESTS.
00:57:25.74\00:57:28.74
PLEASE STAY TUNED. WE
WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT
00:57:28.74\00:57:32.65
THE POWER OF PRAISE.
WHEN WE GIVE GLORY TO GOD, HOW
00:57:32.65\00:57:38.19
HE WORKS IN OUR LIVES TO HELP US
RECOGNIZE HIS DIVINE PRESENCE IS
00:57:38.19\00:57:45.53
ALWAYS WITH US. >> AMEN.
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