Participants: Shelley Quinn (Host), Jill Morikone, Idalia Dinzey
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL018519A
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00:01 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:07 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:18 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪ 00:28 ♪ 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 ♪ 01:09 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE." 01:13 WE HAVE REALLY GLAD THAT YOU ARE JOINING US. 01:16 IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING COUPLE OF HOURS HERE, BECAUSE 01:21 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OF PRAISE. 01:24 >> AMEN. >> AND WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF 01:28 OUR PROGRAM. SO WE'LL TELL YOU IN JUST A 01:31 MOMENT HOW YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR PRAISES TO THE LORD, AND EVEN 01:35 YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS, AND WE'LL BE TAKING THOSE IN THE SECOND 01:41 HOUR. FIRST, LET ME INTRODUCE OUR 01:44 SPECIAL GUESTS WHO ARE FAMILY MEMBERS HERE. 01:48 JILL MORIKONE WHO IS OUR 3ABN GENERAL MANAGER. 01:51 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:56 IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE 02:00 TOPICS, THE POWER OF PRAISE. I'M EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT. 02:05 >> AMEN AND AMEN. AND THEN WE HAVE IDALIA DINZEY 02:10 WHO IS THE 3ABN LATINO, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE 02:15 PRESIDENT. [ LAUGHTER ] 02:16 >> AND WHO IS THE PRESIDENT? >> TO JOHN DINZEY. 02:19 I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ASSISTING HIM IN THE MINISTRY, 02:23 AND JOINING HIM IN MINISTRY. AND IT'S A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE. 02:28 I MEAN, SO MANY LESSONS LEARNED. >> AMEN. 02:33 >> AS YOU GROW AND YOU LEARN TO PRAISE GOD ANYHOW, YOU HAVE YOUR 02:39 DREAMS AND GOALS, AND IF I WOULD HAVE NOT HAD EXPERIENCED THE 02:46 MIRACLES THAT HAPPEN AT 3ABN, I WOULD BE LIKE, OH, GOD, ARE YOU 02:52 STILL DOING MIRACLES? BUT HERE WE HAVE THE MIRACLES. 03:04 >> AMEN. MY HUSBAND WORKS IN THE 03:12 MINISTRY, AND HE WILL TELL ME ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED TO 03:15 PRAISE THE LORD FOR ANSWERING THEIR PRAYERS, AND WE'RE GOING 03:19 TO GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT. 03:21 YOU CAN CALL US AT 618-627-4651. OUR CALL CENTER IS OPEN. 03:32 THEY CAN TAKE YOUR PRAISE REPORTS. 03:36 OR EMAIL US AT LIVE@3ABN.TV. I'LL GET IT. 03:45 [ LAUGHTER ] >> NOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE 03:47 THING -- WE WANT TO START THI WITH -- WITH A PRAYER OF PRAISE. 03:52 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT GOD PRESCRIBED PRAISE FOR 03:55 THE BENEFIT OF OUR FAITH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 03:59 >> PRAISE IS SO FAITH-BUILDING, AND IN PSALM 100:4, THE LORD 04:06 SAYS, ENTER IN TO HIS GAITS WITH THANKSGIVING AND INTO HIS COUTS 04:14 WITH PRAISE. AND THANKS GIVING IS A FORM OF 04:17 PRAISE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A 04:20 MOMENT. WE WANT YOU -- WE'RE GOING TO 04:22 GIVE A SHOUT-OUT OF GLORY. WHAT DOES THE FIRST ANGEL'S 04:28 MESSAGE SAY, TO GIVE HONOR TO GOD, AND PRAISE HIM. 04:35 AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM PRAISE TONIGHT. 04:38 BUT IF YOU HAVE SUFFERING TONIGHT. 04:40 IF PERHAPS YOU HAVE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL IN YOUR LIFE, AND YOU 04:44 FEEL LIKE, I DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO PRAISE THE LORD, THEN 04:49 PLEASE STAY TUNED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 04:51 >> BECAUSE YOU WILL LEARN THE POWER OF PRAISE, AND HOW GOD CAN 04:55 CHANGE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH PRAISE. 04:57 SO LET'S BEGIN -- BEFORE WE HAVE A SONG, WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH A 05:03 PRAYER OF PRAISE. AND ONE THING THAT -- I HAVE TO 05:06 TELL YOU, THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY -- THE FIRST THING 05:13 THAT I DO WHEN I AM PRAYING IS I THANK GOD FOR HIS SON JESUS 05:19 CHRIST. I THINK JESUS FOR HUMILIATING 05:22 HIMSELF TO TAKE ON OUR FRESH AND DIE ON A CROSS FOR OUR SINS. 05:28 I THANK GOD FOR HIS HOLY SPIRIT. AND I ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR HIS 05:34 WORD. HIS WORD THAT -- JAMES 1:21 05:38 SAYS, WHEN IT IS IMPLANTED IN OUR HEARTS, IT HAS THE POWER TO 05:43 SAVE OUR SOUL. >> AMEN. 05:46 >> THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN PRAISE GOD FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY. 05:50 >> AMEN. >> AND WHEN WE DO -- SOMETHING 05:52 THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF THAT -- I KNOW AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY, I'LL 05:58 SPENDING TIME REALLY THANKING JESUS, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 06:02 HE DID FOR US, AND IT MAKES ME UNDERSTAND HOW DEPENDANT ON AM 06:10 ON GOD. IT'S WONDERFUL. 06:12 HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. 06:16 LORD, WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THE GIFT OF SALVATION. 06:21 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS 06:25 CHRIST. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU, 06:27 FATHER GOD, THAT YOU SENT YOUR SON TO DIE FOR US, WHILE WE WERE 06:32 YET SINNERS, AND FATHER, THAT YOU SENT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, THAT 06:40 AS HE INDWELLS US, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU GAVE US YOUR 06:49 LIVING WORD FATHER, THAT WE CAN KNOW YOU, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU 06:53 WILL HELP US TO KNOW YOU AS A GOD WHO IS WORTHY OF ALL HONOR 07:00 AND ALL PRAISE IN JESUS NAME. >> OH, FATHER, WE JUST THANK 07:03 YOU, THANK YOU, GOD, THAT YOU ARE ON THE THROWN. 07:07 >> YES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCIES 07:09 THAT ARE NEW EVERY MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND 07:13 YOUR GOODNESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOLINESS, AND 07:17 YOUR MAJESTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS, 07:22 AND YOUR MERCY. >> AMEN. 07:25 >> THANK YOU WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO COME BOLDLY BEFORE 07:30 YOUR THROWN OF GRACE, AND WE PRAISE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE 07:39 TONIGHT. >> AMEN. 07:40 AND WE CONTINUE OUR PRAISES, FATHER, FOR YOUR INTERVENING IN 07:44 YOUR LIVING, FOR BEING WILLING TO COME INTO OUR HEARTS AND GIVE 07:48 US A NEW HEART. >> AMEN. 07:50 >> REMOVE THE HEART OF STONE, AND GIVE US A HEART OF 07:54 THANKSGIVING AND OF PRAISE. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE 07:59 MANY TIMES YOU HAVE SAVED OUR LIVES, FOR THE MANY TIMES THAT 08:04 YOU HAVE WATCHED OUR GOINGS IN, AND COMINGS OUT, FATHER. 08:10 THANK YOU FOR FULFILLING YOUR PROMISES, AND FOR YOUR PEACE 08:14 THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO TAKE, NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES, BUT AS 08:20 YOU GIVE, AND WE WILLINGLY, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE TO TAKE THAT 08:27 PEACE THAT YOU OFFER US AND TAKE IT FOR OUR OWN. 08:30 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PEACE, AND THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE TIMES 08:34 WE HAVE HAD CHALLENGES, AND YOU HAVE BROUGHT LIGHT INTO OUR 08:40 HEARTS, AND YOU HAVE -- IN JESUS NAMED REBUKED THE DEVIL. 08:45 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WE GLORIFY YOUR NAME. 08:48 WE HONR YOU, BECAUSE THERE'S POWER IN YOUR NAME AND THERE'S 08:53 POWER IN PRAISING YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WHAT WE HAVE 08:58 AND WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IS ONLY THROUGH YOU AND YOUR POWER. 09:02 SO THANK YOU, JESUS. YOU TAKE US IN AS YOUR BABES, 09:06 AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND KINDNESS. 09:08 >> HALLELUJAH. >> AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY 09:12 THAT WILL BE WITH US ETERNALLY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 09:17 >> AMEN. AND AMEN. 09:20 WE HAVE MUSIC FOR YOU, AND THIS IS A NEW SONG, THE MESSAGE OF 09:27 MERCY. AND WE HAVE FIVE LADIES WHO HAVE 09:30 A BEAUTIFUL VOICE. THEY WILL BE SINGING FOR US, 09:40 "TOTAL PRAISE." ♪ 09:44 ♪ ♪ YOUR PEACE YOU GIVE ME ♪ 10:11 ♪ IN TIME OF THE STORM ♪ ♪ YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF MY 10:25 STRENGTH ♪ ♪ YOU ARE THE STRENGTH OF MY 10:27 LIFE ♪ ♪ I LIFT MY HANDS IN TOTAL 10:40 PRAISE ♪ ♪ TO YOU ♪ 10:45 ♪ AMEN, AMEN ♪ ♪ AMEN ♪ 10:52 ♪ AMEN ♪ ♪ AMEN ♪ 11:01 ♪ AMEN, AMEN ♪ ♪ AMEN ♪ 11:08 ♪ AMEN ♪ 11:20 >> WHAT BEAUTIFUL HARMONY THEY HAVE. 11:24 "TOTAL PRAISE" BY MESSAGE OF MERCY, AND WE THANK THEM SO MUCH 11:28 FOR COMING TO 3ABN TO SING FOR US. 11:30 >> AMEN. >> LADIES, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO 11:33 DO TO GET US KICKED OFF IS LET'S LOOK AT HEBREWS 13 -- 11:39 >> YAY. >> -- AND WE WILL LOOK AT VERSE 11:43 15, BECAUSE THE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT TONIGHT, WHEN GOD SAYS 11:49 ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING, ENTER INTO HIS 11:55 COURTS WITH PRAISE, MEANS WE ARE ALL CALLED INTO A PRIESTHOOD. 12:02 AND WHEN YOU -- I THINK THE BEST WAY TO BEGIN YOUR PRAYER, IT'S 12:06 KIND OF A HEAVENLY ENTRY INTO THE PORTALS OF HEAVEN TO THANK 12:12 GOD. AND, YOU KNOW, IT TOTALLY 12:15 CHANGES YOUR ATTITUDE -- >> AMEN. 12:17 >> -- WHEN YOU BEGIN TO HAVE A THANKFUL HEART. 12:21 IN HEBREWS 13:15, IT SAYS, THEREFORE, BY HIM, BY CHRIST, 12:27 LET US CONTINUALLY OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE. 12:33 THAT'S THE ONLY SACRIFICE THAT GOD IS ASKING OF US, THE 12:37 SACRIFICE OF PRASE. THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE TO GOD, 12:40 AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT -- THAT MEANS. 12:44 >> UH-HUH. >> THAT IS THE FRUIT OF OUR LIPS 12:49 GIVING THANKS TO HIS NAME. IT'S A JOYFUL EXPRESSION OF YOUR 12:54 GRATITUDE. AND I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE -- WE 12:59 HAVE HEARD THE PARABLE THAT THE MAN WHO WAS FEELING BADLY 13:02 BECAUSE HE HAD NO SHOES UNTIL HE SAW A MAN WHO HAD NO FEET. 13:08 WE HAVE ALL GOT SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL TO GOD FOR. 13:11 >> AMEN. ABSOLUTELY. 13:13 >> AND I WANT TO ASK YOU, IF YOU WILL, DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL 13:18 STORY OF HOW GOD TAUGHT YO TO BE THANKFUL? 13:26 >> WHICH ONE DO WE START WITH? [ LAUGHTER ] 13:29 >> WELL, I MUST SAY, ONE OF THEM -- WELL, THERE ARE SO MANY. 13:37 ONE TIME SAMUEL WAS HAVING ASTHMA ATTACKS -- I ACTUALLY 13:42 DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ASTHMA, AND I SAID, LORD, I CANNOT TAKE THIS 13:46 TRIAL. I JUST CANNOT TAKE THIS TRIAL. 13:50 I DON'T KNOW WHERE JOHNNY WAS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR SITUATION 13:54 WAS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A VEHICLE. 13:56 AND I CALLED A FRIEND, AND SHE DELAYED AND DELAYED AND DELAYED, 14:02 AND IT CAME TO THE POINT THAT I -- I WAS DESPERATE, AND I 14:07 DIDN'T KNOW TO BE WORRIED ABOUT MY SON MORE OR BE ANGRY THAT I 14:12 DIDN'T GET THE HELP I WANTED. SO I'M HERE WITH MY SON PACING 14:17 BACK AND FORTH IN MY DRIVEWAY, AND EVENTUALLY I FOUND MYSELF 14:22 WALKING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY SON IN MY ARMS, VERY WEAK. 14:28 AND I'M CRYING, AND PRAYING TO THE LORD, SAYING PLEASE HELP MY 14:36 CHILD. AND MY HEART WAS JUST WRENCHING, 14:39 AND THEN I'M LIKE, OH, MY. THE ABRAHAM STORY, WHEE HE TOOK 14:47 HIS SON TO BE THE SACRIFICE. I'M LIKE, LORD, IS THIS GOING TO 14:53 BE THE SACRIFICE FOR MY SALVATION. 14:59 BUT TRUST IN GOD'S HEART -- NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS SEEING HIS 15:03 HAND, BUT I HAVE TO TRUST HIS HEART. 15:06 HE EMPTIED HEAVEN FOR ME, YOU KNOW? 15:09 AND IT'S SO EASY TO FORGET THAT. BUT FOCUSING ON HIS LOVE, AND I 15:15 SAID, LORD, I AM WILLING TO GO THROUGH THS. 15:18 I ACCEPT IT. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PEACE, 15:21 BECAUSE HE DID PROVIDE A LAMB, RIGHT? 15:26 YET HIS SON DID NOT DIE, BUT HE PROVIDED A LAMB FOR ABRAHAM, 15:31 RIGHT? >> RIGHT. 15:32 >> SO I'M LIKE, LORD, PLEASE, BUT IF I MUST ACCEPT THIS, GIVE 15:39 ME YOUR PEACE. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT I -- I WAS 15:43 LIKE THIS WEIGHT CAME OFF OF MY SHOULDERS, AND I TRUSTED 15:48 COMPLETELY IN THE LORD ON MY SON'S LIFE. 15:50 AND I TOLD HIM, I'M YOUR EARTHLY MOM, BUT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER 15:59 IS GOD. AND WHEREVER GOD LEADS YOU, YOU 16:03 HAVE AN ANOINTING BECAUSE GOD PRESERVED YOUR LIFE, AND BECAUSE 16:10 OF THAT TRIAL THAT -- [ NO AUDIO ] 16:42 [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] >> I GOT HELP. 16:44 SHE FINALLY CAME, AND SHE APOLOGIZED, AND I SAID DON'T 16:48 WORRY, JUST TAKE ME IN, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. 16:52 AND LET'S JUST GO. AND WHEN THE DOCTOR GAVE US THAT 16:58 DIAGNOSTIC, SHE FELT SO BAD, AND I SAD DON'T FEEL BAD. 17:04 THE LORD BROUGHT HIM HERE. >> SHE RECOGNIZED HOW SERIOUS 17:10 THE SITUATION WAS. >> WE DIDN'T KNOW. 17:14 BUT SOMETIMES SATAN WA WAWA 17:21 WANTH -- WANTS TO ATTACK US THROUGH OUR CHILDREN. 17:30 BUT THEY ARE OUR LOVED ONES, WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM, BUT WHEN 17:35 THEY ARE ATTACKED BY THE END -- ENEMY, WE SUFFER SO MUCH. 17:45 AND I SEE HIS HAND WORKING IN MY CHILDREN'S LIVES, AND I AM 17:51 BLESSED AND I GIVE PRAISE. >> AMEN. 17:54 >> I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU 17:58 SAID -- THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND WHEN ABRAHAM WAS 18:10 ASKED TO SACRIFICE ISAAC, GOD HAS ALREADY CUT A COVENANT WITH 18:17 ABRAHAM AND SHOWN HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO SACRIFICE -- GOD 18:20 WAS GOING TO SACRIFICE HIS SON JESUS CHRIST AND RESURRECT HIM, 18:25 AND LET ME SHOW YOU THAT I KNOW ABRAHAM KNEW THAT. 18:30 BECAUSE HEBREWS 11:17, IT SAYS, BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS 18:37 TESTED OFFERED UP ISAAC, AND WHO HE HAD RECEIVED THE PROMISE, 18:43 OFFERED UP HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF WHOM IT WAS SAID, AND ISAAC 18:48 YOUR SEED SHALL BE CALLED, CONCLUDING THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO 18:55 RAISE HIM UP EVEN FROM THE DEAD FROM WHICH HE ALSO DELIVERED HIM 18:59 IN A FIGURATIVE SENSE. >> YES. 19:02 >> SO ABRAHAM HAD SEEN CHRIST. HE KNEW HE HAS GIVEN HIM THIS 19:13 CHILD FROM WHOM HIS SPEED WOULD BE MULTIPLIED, SO HE JUST SAID, 19:19 OKAY, IF I -- HE FIGURED IF GOD CAN SACRIFICE HIS SON, IF I 19:26 SACRIFICE ISAAC, HE WILL RAISE HIM UP JUST LIKE HE DID WITH 19:30 JESUS. >> UH-HUH. 19:31 >> JILL, DO YOU HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE 19:34 YOU REALLY -- GOD TURNED IT TO YOU, TO WHERE YOU LEARNED HOW TO 19:39 HAVE A THANKFUL HEART? >> ABSOLUTELY. 19:41 BEFORE I SHARE THAT, I WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES IF 19:45 I MAY. WE WERE IN HEBREWS 13:15, AND, 19:51 YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN THINK PRAISE IS FOR GOD. 19:53 AND THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL OF MY 19:57 HEART, BUT PRAISE IS FOR ME. PRAISE CHANGES ME. 20:01 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WHEN I PRAY IT CHANGES ME, 20:04 AND THAT'S AN EXPERIENCE I WANT TO SHARE IS WHEN I LEARNED THAT. 20:08 WHEN I LEARNED THAT PRAISE COULD ACTUALLY CHANGE MY HEART, PRAISE 20:13 COULD CHANGE MY ATTITUDE, AND PRAISE COULD CHANGE MY EMOTIONS. 20:18 HEBREW 13:15 SAYS WE OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE TO GOD, AND 20:22 IN THE GREEK SACRIFICE MEANS SACRIFICE OR OFFERING, SO WE 20:26 BRING THAT. WE HAVE BEEN TALK ABOUT ISAAC, 20:29 OR WITH SAM, OFFERING THAT TO GOD. 20:33 LET'S LOOK -- I WANT TO TURN BACK TO PSALMS 22 PSALMS 22:3. 20:46 IT SAYS BUT YOU ARE HOLY ENTHRONED IN THE PRAISES OF 20:53 ISRAEL. NOW, NEW KING JAMES IT SAYS 20:58 ENTHRONED. KING JAMES WOUD SAY INHABITED. 21:01 INHABIT MEANS IN HEBREW TO SIT, TO REMAIN -- 21:05 >> TO DWELL. >> TO DWELL. 21:06 >> EXACTLY. ALL THREE, TO SIT, TO REMAIN, TO 21:12 DWELL. SO IF I READ THIS AGAIN, WE ARE 21:15 THE ISRAEL OF GOD WE HAVE THE CHOSEN, RIGHT? 21:17 >> YES. >> EACH ONE OF US IN THE NAME OF 21:20 JESUS, AND WHO HAS ACCEPTED HIM AS OUR PERSONAL SAVIOR. 21:24 SO IT SAYS AS WE PRAISE, WHAT HAPPENS? 21:29 >> GOD INHABITS. >> GOD SITS DOWN WITH ME. 21:33 >> AMEN. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 21:35 >> GOD SITS DOWN WITH YOU. GOD DWELLS WITH YOU. 21:40 SO AS I PRAISE, WHAT HAPPENS? GOD SHOWS UP. 21:44 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND IF YOU GO BACK TWO 21:49 CHAPTERS, MAYBE THREE HERE. PSALMS 16:11, YOU WILL SHOW ME 21:55 THE PATH OF LIFE, AND YOUR PRESENCE IS FULL OF JOY, AT YOUR 21:59 RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVER MORE. 22:01 >> AMEN. >> SO WHEN I PRAISE, WHAT 22:04 HAPPENS? GOD SHOWS UP. 22:06 GOD DWELLS WITH ME. AND WHEN I AM IN HIS PRESENCE, 22:09 HE GIVES ME JOY. >> AMEN. 22:12 >> THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH. 22:18 >> HALLELUJAH. >> SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE 22:22 TONIGHT. DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE 22:24 ANY STRENGTH? I CAN'T GO ON ANY FARTHER?-pDO YOU FEEL LIKE THE JOY IS 22:34 MISSING IN MY JOURNEY? WHAT HAPPENS? 22:37 BEGIN TO CHOOSE TO PRAISE. >> AMEN. 22:40 >> WHEN YOU PRAISE, GOD'S PRESENCE DRAWS NEAR. 22:45 >> AMEN. >> AND WHEN HIS PRESENCE COMES 22:48 HERE, WHAT HAPPENS? JOY COMES, THE JOY OF THE LORD, 22:52 AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH. 22:55 SO I EXPERIENCED THAT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK, 22:59 SHELLEY, IN MY LIFE, I KNEW THE CONCEPT -- I MEAN, I KNEW YOU 23:03 WERE SUPPOSED TO PRAISE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A COMMAND. 23:08 OKAY. I'M SUPPOSED TO PRAISE JUST 23:12 BECAUSE GOD WANTS ME TO PRAISE. BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WOULD 23:17 CHANGE ME. IT WOULD CAUSE THE PRESENCE OF 23:19 JESUS TO COME. SO I REMEMBER, WE WERE GOING 23:22 THROUGH A DIFFICULT, PAINFUL EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES. 23:26 I WAS MARRIED TO GREG, AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY JUST RUNNING 23:30 OUT OF THE HOUSE, RUNNING DOWN OUR GRAVEL ROAD. 23:34 WE LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY. AND I REMEMBER IT WAS 23:37 SPRINGTIME, AND THE LEAVES WERE JUST BEGINNING TO TURN GREEN, 23:40 AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT. 23:44 I DIDN'T SEE THE SUN OVERHEAD OR HEAR THE BIRDS. 23:48 I WAS JUST CRYING, AND ALL I FELT WAS GOD, WE ASKED FOR THIS, 23:57 AND YOU SAID NO. EVERYTHING I DREAMED OF -- I 24:00 JUST FELT LIKE HE STOMPED ON IT, AND IT IS GONE. 24:03 AND WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE DEATH OF A DREAM? 24:07 WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU THINK -- EVERYTHING YOU WANT, 24:11 AND GOD SAYS NO. >> AND I REMEMBER RUNNING DOWN 24:15 THAT ROAD AND WANTING PITY, AND CRYING OUT TO GOD -- AND IT WAS 24:20 ALMOST LIKE HE TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER -- I DON'T MEAN 24:24 LITERALLY -- BUT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE TAPPED ME ON THE 24:29 SHOULDER AND HE SAID JILL, MY DAUGHTER, COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. 24:35 AND I'M THINKING, WHAT? I'M HAVING A PITY PARTY RIGHT 24:43 NOW. AND HE SAID COUNT YOUR -pBLESSINGS. 24:46 GOD WANTED PRAISE, BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WOULD CHANGE ME. 24:51 BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT I MADE A DECISION WITH MY MIND. 24:57 GOD, I WILL PRAISE YOU. EVEN THOUGH I WANT PITY. 25:01 EVEN THOUGH IT DOES NOT FEEL GOOD, I WILL PRAISE YOU RIGHT 25:05 NOW. AND I REMEMBER BEGINNING TO 25:07 PRAISE. GOD THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD. 25:09 AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF 25:14 SALVATION, AND THE DEATH OF JESUS, AND I THANK YOU FOR A 25:17 HUSBAND AND MARRIAGE AND MINISTRY, AND AS I WALKED THAT 25:23 ROAD, AND AS I CHOSE PRAISE, GOD CHANGED MY HEART. 25:26 >> AMEN. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 25:28 >> AND THE TEARS QUIT. >> AMEN. 25:31 >> AND THEN IT WAS LIKE THE SUN CAME OUT, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD 25:35 BEEN SHINING THE WHOLE TIME, BUT IT WAS LIKE THE SU CAME OUT, 25:39 AND I COULD HEAR THE BIRDS AND SEE THE LEAVES, AND I FELT THE 25:44 PRESENCE OF JESUS. >> AMEN. 25:46 >> AND WITH THAT CAME PIECE AND JOY. 25:49 >> AMEN. >> SO I THINK GOD WANTS TO DO 25:52 THAT IN ALL OF OUR LIVES. NOT JUST MY LIFE, BUT YOU AT 25:56 HOME. YOU MIGHT BE SITTING BY THE BED 25:58 OF SOMEBODY WHO IS DIEING, AND YOU LOVE WITH THEM WITH 26:03 EVERYTHING INSIDE OF YOU. YOU MIGHT BE WAITING BY THE 26:06 PHONE FOR YOUR SON TO CALL YOU AND SAY I'M COMING HOME. 26:09 YOU MIGHT BE WAITING FOR A SPOUSE TO RETURN, AND YOU DON'T 26:13 EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE WITH TONIGHT. 26:15 YOU MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH PAIN, AND GOD SAYS MAKE A CHOICE -- 26:20 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THIS 26:23 PAIN TO PRAISE, AND GOD WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE YOUR HEART. 26:27 >> YEAH. >> AMEN. 26:29 YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WITH THAT SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS 26:34 GOD INHABITS THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE, JAMES TELLS US, IF WE 26:41 DRAW NEAR TO GOD, HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO US. 26:44 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND SOMETIMES WE ARE HAVING A 26:48 POOR PITIFUL ME PARTY, AND SELF PITY IS REALLY STRAIGHT FROM THE 26:53 PITS O HELL. SO WHEN GOD -- ACTUALLY, WE ARE 26:57 COME MAN -- COMMAND HIM, BUT GOD PRESCRIBED IT SO WE COULD COME 27:04 FROM THAT DOWN IN THE MOUTH ATTITUDE, TO DRAW INTO HIS 27:08 PRESENCE. WHEN HE TAUGHT ME -- AND LET ME 27:11 JUST SAY THIS -- I THINK THAT -- I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A 27:15 PRETTY THANKFUL PERSON, BUT WHEN HE WAS TEACHING ME HOW TO PRESS 27:19 INTO HIS PRESENCE, AND IT WAS PSALM 100:4, AND I LOOK AT 27:28 THANKSGIVING AS KIND OF A SELF FOCUS PLATFORM OF PRAISE, 27:31 BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING HIM THANKS FOR HIS GOODNESS AND MERCY IN 27:35 OUR LIVES, AND THN THE WORD IN HEBREW IS THE PRAISE -- WHEN YOU 27:43 ARE RECOGNIZING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD, WHEN YOU 27:47 ARE RECOGNIZING AND TALKING ABOUT HIS NATURE, HIS 27:55 ATTRIBUTES, AND YOU REALIZE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH 27:58 HIM -- >> AMEN. 28:00 >> BUT AS WE DRAW IN -- AND I NOTICED THAT GO WAS CHANGING MY 28:04 HEART SO MUCH -- >> UH-HUH. 28:06 >> -- BECAUSE ALL OF THE LITTLE PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING, IT WAS 28:10 NOTHING. BUT THEN I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT 28:13 IN 2004. I HAD PREACHED AT ONE PLACE ON 28:17 MY WAY TO PREACH TO ANOTHER. LONG STORY SHORT, I WAS DOING 70 28:23 MILES AN HOUR, AND SOMEBODY CAME DEKT -- DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF 28:30 ME. SO I JERKED MY WHEEL AND ALL I 28:33 HAD TIME TO PRAY WAS LORD, HELP ME. 28:36 AND THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS THIS -- I WENT FROM 70 TO 0 ON 28:44 IMPACT. THE CAR BOUNCED UP IN THE AIR, 28:47 TWISTED AROUND, EVERYTHING FROM THE BACK T-POST AND THINGS THAT 28:50 WERE IN THE BACK OF OUR SUV WERE SAILING FORWARD AND I ENDED UP 28:56 STRADDLING THIS DITCH. I DROVE OUT OF THERE -- 29:00 >> OH, WOW. >> -- BECAUSE THE DITCH KIND OF 29:05 KEPT GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER. IT TOOK A WHILE, BECAUSE I WAS 29:11 UNCONSCIOUS FOR A WHILE. I DROVE AND PREACHED AT THE NEXT 29:18 CHURCH -- >> YOU ARE KIDDING. 29:20 >> BUT HERE IS THE POINT. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW BADLY I WAS 29:25 INJURED. SO THAT NIGHT I COULD NOT EVEN 29:27 MOVE MY HEAD. I HAD BROKEN MY NECK. 29:30 BROKEN THE AXIS OF MY HEAD, AND I HAD TWO BULGING DISKS, AND YOU 29:36 KNOW WHAT, I WAS TEMPTED FOR A MOMENT TO MURMUR AND SAY, GOD, 29:45 HOW CAN YOU LET THAT HAPPEN? SATAN IS ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO 29:49 GET YOU TO MURMUR AND COMPLAIN AGAINST YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT 29:57 GOD HAS SO -- I HAD THE THOUGHT FOR JUST A MOMENT. 30:01 HERE I WAS DELIVERING YOUR WORD, GOING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, WHY 30:06 DIDN'T YOU PROTECT ME? AND IMMEDIATELY I KNEW THAT THAT 30:10 WAS FROM THE DEVIL, AND IMMEDIATELY -- GOD HAD SO 30:15 CHANGED MY HEART WITH THANKSGIVING, THAT I STARTED 30:18 PRAYING AND SAYING OH, LORD, THANK YOU THAT I WAS PRESERVED 30:22 IN THIS ACCIDENT. THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT THE CAR 30:26 DIDN'T ROLL OVER. THANK YOU THAT I DIDN'T HIT THIS 30:30 CONCRETE CULVERT. THANK YOU THAT I DIDN'T T-BONE 30:33 THIS GUY, AND -- AND ACTUALLY CAUSE A DEATH, AND I JUST KEPT 30:38 GOING AND GOING AND GOING, AND IT WAS THREE YEARS, IT TOOK FOR 30:42 THE HEALING FROM THAT, BUT IT WAS NOT EASY -- YOU KNOW, PAUL 30:50 TELLS US -- WHERE IS THAT SCRIPTURE. 30:55 IN EPHESIANS 5:20. HE SAID GIVING THANKS ALWAYS FOR 31:01 ALL THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD, JESUS 31:07 CHRIST. THANKING HIM FOR IT? 31:10 HUM. [ LAUGHTER ] 31:11 >> THEN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:15-18, SAYS REJOICE, IN EVERYTHING GIVE 31:23 THANKS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD AND CHRIST JESUS FOR YOU. 31:31 IT ISN'T EASY, BUT IT'S VERY THERAPEUTIC, BECAUSE AS YOU ARE 31:37 PRAISING GOD AND THANKING HIM, IT'S LIKE HE OPENS UP YOUR HEART 31:41 TO BE A RECEPTACLE OF HIS INCREASED MERCY AND TRUST, AND 31:52 IT IS LIE CHANGING. >> ABSOLUTELY. 31:54 THE SCRIPTURE IN 1ST THES LOANIANS 5, IT SAYS WE GIVE 32:00 THANKS IN EVERYTHING. >> EXACTLY. 32:03 >> AND THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE KNOW THE THIEF COMES 32:09 TO STEAL AND DESTROY, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BAD THINGS THAT 32:13 HAPPEN IN THIS WORLD ARE THE RESULT OF THE ENEMY. 32:18 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT IN THE MIDST OF THAT, WE 32:21 CAN GIVE THANKS. >> AND YOU ARE RIGHT ON 1ST 32:26 THESSALONIANS, BUT EPHESIANS 5:20, IT SAYS GIVE ALL THANKS. 32:35 >> AMEN. >> TELL YOUR STORY ABOUT THE MAN 32:38 WHO LOST HIS SON. >> YES, THIS GENTLEMAN HAS 32:44 IMPACTED MY LIFE AND GREG'S INCREDIBLY. 32:46 AND I REMEMBER HIM TELLING US WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH A 32:49 DIFFICULT -- A PAINFUL TIME, NOT WITH EACH OTHER, AS IN OUR 32:54 MARRIAGE, BUT JUST A PAINFUL TIME -- 32:57 >> LIFE. >> YEAH, LIFE. 32:58 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND I REMEMBER HE SAID AFTER 33:02 HE LOST HIS SON -- HE SAID, OF COURSE THE PAIN AND THE -- I 33:06 CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE DEATH OF A CHILD. 33:09 THEY SAY NOTHING IS MORE PAINFUL THAN THE DEATH OF A CHILD, AND 33:13 YET, IN THE MIDST OF THAT, HE CHOSE TO GIVE THANKS. 33:17 HE CHOSE TO PRAISE. AND SO I REMEMBER HIS COUNSEL TO 33:22 GREG AND I WAS CHOOSE TO PRAISE IN THE MIDST OF THIS PAIN, AND 33:26 HE SAID WHEN HE MADE THAT CHOICE TO PRAISE, THE WEIGHT AND THE 33:31 BURDEN ROLLED OFF OF HIS SHOULDERS. 33:34 >> AMEN. >> AND THAT'S THE POWER OF GOD, 33:36 AND IT THAT'S POWER OF GODS WORD. 33:41 SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL IT, YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE AND PRAISE, 33:45 AND WHAT HAPPENS? GOD'S WORD IS TRUE AND HE WILL 33:50 CHANGE OUR HEARTS. >> I JUST WANT TO REMIND OUR 33:54 AUDIENCE, THIS IS A LIVE PROGRAM. 33:56 YOU CAN CALL US -- WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR PRAISE REPORTS. 34:00 HOW GOD TAUGHT YOU TO BE THANKFUL, AND HOW IT HAS CHANGED 34:04 YOUR LIFE, OR PERHAPS YOU ARE NOT THERE YET, AND YOU WANT A 34:08 PRAYER REQUEST THAT YOU WANT TO SEND HIM, AND SAY HELP ME TO 34:12 LEARN TO PRAISE IN THE MIDST OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. 34:15 CALL US AT 618-627-4651, THAT'S 618-627-4651, OR YOU CAN EMAIL 34:25 US AT LIV LIVE -- L-I-V-E -- LIVE@3ABN.TV. 34:35 BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO GOD. 34:39 AND IN THE SECOND HOUR, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH YOUR PRAISE 34:43 REPORT. >> I THINK WE SHOULD INVITE THE 34:48 VIEWERS TO HASHTAG PRAISE THE LORD. 34:50 >> AMEN. >> BECAUSE WE NEED TO SHOUT 34:54 OUT -- YOU KNOW, THE -- HOW GREAT GOD IS, HOW GREAT GOD IS. 34:59 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT HAVE COME TO MY HEART AS YOU 35:06 WERE SHARING, JILL MORIKONE, I KNOW THE LIFE SITUATION 35:10 SOMETIMES CAN BRING US DOWN SO BAD, AND WE DON'T SEE HOW IN THE 35:15 WORLD AM I EVEN GOING TO WHISPER A THANK YOU, LORD? 35:20 HOW CAN I THANK YOU FOR THIS HEART BREAKING SITUATION. 35:27 EVEN IF IT'S NOT IN MY HEART TO DO IT, START DOING IT. 35:32 LORD, HELP MY UNBELIEF. IF WE DON'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT 35:36 THE LORD IS GOING TO SOOTHE YOUR HEART AFTER THANKING HIM WHEN 35:39 YOU ARE IN A SITUATION, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A 35:44 GROWING EXPERIENCE. I AM -- WHEN YOU WERE TALKING 35:46 ABOUT J.D. SHARING WITH YOU, WHEN PEOPLE CALLED BACK AND SAID 35:51 THANK YOU, IT TOOK ME BACK TO THE BIBLE STORY OF THE TEN 35:56 LEPERS. >> AMEN. 35:58 >> THE LORD DOES SO MANY THINGS FOR PEOPLE, BUT WE FORGET TO GO 36:03 BACK AND SAID THANK YOU, LORD. >> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET 36:07 TO THE POINT OF SAYING THANK YOU LORD, FOR MY CAR ACCIDENT. 36:13 MY HEART WAS SO HEAVY, SO HEAVY, BUT I SAID, LORD, THANK YOU 36:18 ANYWAY. THANK YOU. 36:19 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS, BUT THANK YOU 36:24 ANYHOW. WHEN -- AFTER WE WERE 36:26 IMPACTED -- I DON'T REMEMBER THE MOMENT WE WERE HIT OR 36:28 ANYTHING -- >> AND THIS WAS JUST ABOUT SIX 36:31 MONTHS -- >> OCTOBER 15TH, 2017. 36:37 WHEN WE -- WHEN I NOTICED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THE FIRST WORDS 36:42 THAT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH, I DO REMEMBER, LORD, SAVE US. 36:48 >> AMEN. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. 36:52 >> LORD, SAVE US. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. 36:55 I SAID HONEY, I'M SO SORRY, BUT PLEASE, LET'S PRAY. 37:01 AND OF COURSE I COULDN'T BREATHE BECAUSE OF MY INTERNAL INJURIES. 37:05 I HAD NOKIND OF INJURIES I SUSTAINED, AND NOW I DO KNOW. 37:09 BUT I SAID HONEY, LET'S JUST PRAY, JUST PRAY. 37:13 SO WE PRAYED, AND IT WAS HARD TO PRAY, BUT WE HAD PEACE, AND AS 37:20 SOON AS WE SAID THANK YOU LORD, AMEN, SOMEBODY RIPPED OUR AIR 37:27 BAG FROM THE WINDOW THAT OPENED UP, AND HE SAID I'M A NURSE AND 37:31 I'M HERE TO HELP YOU GUYS. I NEED TO TAKE YOUR VITALS. 37:36 AND WE WERE LIKE THANK YOU, LORD, YOU ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS 37:41 IN AN INSTANT. AND I REMEMBER SAYING YOU GUYS 37:45 ARE ANGELS SENT FROM ABOVE. THANK YOU, LORD. 37:51 AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT GOD IS INTERVENING IN YOUR LIVES AND 37:55 DOING SOMETHING -- IF WE DO NOT WANT TO GIVE GOD THE CREDIT FOR 38:00 SOMETHING HE HAS DONE -- YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO 38:03 THE POINT OF BEING ABLE TO PRAY? YOU KNOW? 38:07 ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR YOU, AND IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER 38:12 BIBLE TALKS, SING YOUR LITTLE HEART OUT. 38:15 I REMEMBER BEING IN THE HOSPITAL, NOT BEING ABLE TO 38:18 BREATHE RIGHT, BUT THE LORD GAVE ME A SONG EVERY DAY -- A FEW 38:24 SONGS, YOU KNOW. BUT THAT BRINGS COMFORT, THE 38:27 SCRIPTURE SONGS -- IT BRINGS COMFORT AND FOCUSES YOUR MIND, 38:31 YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR HEART INTO GOD, THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM 38:36 THAT EXISTS IN THIS EARTH. >> IDALIA, PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW, 38:43 BUT SHE IS SEATED WITH HER ARM ON AN PILLOW, BECAUSE OF AN ARM 38:48 INJURY, BUT SHE IS SITTING THERE WITH A STOMACH AND A DIAGRAM 38:52 THAT IS ON TOP OF YOUR LUNG, AND YOU ARE IN SEVERE PAIN TODAY. 38:58 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT YOU HAVE BEEN 39:01 INSPIRATIONAL TO SO MANY OF US HERE, BECAUSE IN THE MIDST OF 39:04 EVERYTHING, YOU HAVE MAINTAINED THAT ATTITUDE OF THANKSGIVING 39:08 AND PRAISE. MY QUESTION TO YOU, YOU 39:11 KNOW -- AND WE WANT -- WE WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS. 39:16 IS IT ALWAYS THAT WAY? OR ARE THERE MOMENTS THAT THE 39:20 DEVIL JUST GETS YOU DOWN? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO LET 39:26 OUR HAIR DOWN. >> IT IS. 39:30 [ LAUGHTER ] >> MINE IS ALREADY DOWN. 39:32 >> WE HAVE EXPERIENCED GOD IN ANOTHER LEVEL LIKE WE HAVE NEVER 39:36 HAD BEFORE, AND I PRAISE THE LORD AND THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR 39:41 THIS ACCIDENT, SO MUCH, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN -- THE MOMENTS THAT 39:48 SATAN WANTS TO BRING MY THOUGHTS DOWN -- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE 39:52 PAIN IS UNBEARABLE, AND I TRY NOT TO TAKE PAIN MEDICATION, 39:57 BECAUSE I DONATED A KIDNEY BACK IN 2001, SO IN THE ACCIDENT, A 40:04 THIRD OF MY KIDNEY WAS AT RISK, AND BLEEDING, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. 40:10 SO I'M LIKE LORD, PLEASE HELP ME SUSTAIN THIS PAIN. 40:15 PLEASE TAKE THE PAIN AWAY, BUT SOMETIMES I'M LIKE, LORD, OH, 40:21 I'M SO TIRED OF THIS PAIN. WHY DOESN'T IT GO AWAY ALREADY. 40:26 LORD, YOU SAVED MY LIFE IN THAT ACCIDENT, AND YOU CAN'T TAKE 40:30 THIS PAIN AWAY RIGHT NOW. ARE YOU KIDDING ME LORD? 40:34 I'M SORRY, AM I BEING TOO BLUNT? >> NO. 40:37 NO. >> BUT THIS IS MY CONVERSATION 40:41 WITH THE LORD AT TIMES, AND TIERS ROLL DOWN MY CHEEKS, AND 40:47 I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW MY FAMILY NEEDS ME. 40:52 I NEED MOVE AROUND. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT IS LIKE 40:57 BE STILL, BE STILL AND KNOW I AM GOD. 41:00 BE STILL. AND I BE STILL. 41:03 YOU KNOW, TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS. 41:07 LOOK FULLY UPON HIS WONDERFUL FACE. 41:10 WELL, LORD, I'M TRYING TO COMPLAIN, AND YOU ARE GIVING ME 41:18 TEXT AND SONG -- AND IT'S COMICAL TO ME EVEN WHEN I LOOK 41:22 BACK AT MYSELF, I SIT THERE AND I GO THIS IS CRAZY. 41:27 HOW CAN A MINE WORK LIKE THIS IN ONE MOMENT, YOU ARE LIKE, I'M 41:33 GIVING UP, I'M THREW WITH THIS. AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, BE 41:38 STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD. BE STILL, YOU KNOW? 41:41 AND SO I -- IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW JUST ONE LITTLE WORD, WILL LIFT 41:47 YOUR -- THAT SHADE -- THAT DARKNESS -- 41:49 >> YES. >> YES. 41:52 >> FROM YOUR LIFE. JUST LITTLE WORDS, LORD SAFE ME 41:58 FROM MYSELF. >> AMEN. 42:00 >> BECAUSE IT IS A CHOICE THAT I HAVE TO MAKE TO PRAISE THE LORD. 42:03 >> AMEN. >> IT'S A CHOICE TO KEEP 42:06 FOCUSING ON THE PROBLEM -- FOCUSING ON THIS PAIN 42:09 THAT I STILL HAVE A HARD TIME SITTING, LAYING DOWN, 42:13 BREATHING -- YOU KNOW, THE ORGANS ARE JUST DOING WHATEVER 42:16 THEY WANT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SHOVED UP, YOU KNOW, IN 42:20 THE -- AND THE DIAPHRAGM HAS BEEN SHIFTED UPWARD. 42:24 IT'S NOT EASY, BUT I'M ALIVE. I CAN SPEAK. 42:29 I CAN HEAR. I CAN SEE. 42:31 >> BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU ARE GROWING IN THE LORD. 42:34 >> YEAH. >> LET'S LOOK AT JAMES 1. 42:37 >> OKAY. >> BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS 42:40 SOMETHING -- AND ONCE AGAIN, I JUST KEEP WANTING TO SHARE THIS 42:45 WITH YOU. PLEASE SEND US YOUR PRAISE 42:48 REPORTS, BRING YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS TO 618-627-4651 OR YOU 42:57 CAN EMAIL US AND THAT ADDRESS IS LIVE -- L-I-V-E -- LIVE@3ABN.TV. 43:07 LET'S LOOK AT JAMES 1:2-4. HE WRITES, MY BRETHREN COUNT ALL 43:14 JOY WHEN YOU FALL INTO VARIOUS TRIALS. 43:17 ARE YOU KIDDING? COUNT IT ALL JOY? 43:21 KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PATIENCE. 43:27 BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK THAT YOU MAY BE 43:32 PERFECT AND COMPETE, LACKING NOTHING. 43:34 >> UH-HUH. >> I THINK THAT 43:37 THERE -- OBVIOUSLY GOD DOESN'T CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS. 43:42 HE DIDN'T CAUSE THE ACCIDENT. >> RIGHT. 43:44 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT GOD SEES THE POTENTIAL IN 43:48 US -- >> AMEN. 43:49 >> -- AND SOMETIMES HE KNOWS THAT A TRIAL -- YOU KNOW, WHEN 43:53 YOU THINK OF CARBON -- WHEN YOU PUT CARBON UNDER EXTREME 43:58 PRESSURE, WHAT DOES IT BECOME? A DIAMOND. 44:03 AND I THINK SOMETIMES GOD LOOKS AT US AND KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH 44:08 MORE POTENTIAL THAT WE ALLOWS THESE TRIALS TO COME THROUGH, SO 44:12 HE CAN REALLY REACH OUR HEART. EVERYTHING THAT GOD DOES FOR YOU 44:16 IS FOR YOUR ETERNAL BENEFIT. >> YES. 44:18 >> AND I HAVE TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE -- AND I CAN SAY A REALLY 44:23 BAD TRIAL I WENT THROUGH WA THE YEAR I HAD VERTIGO, AND IT WAS 44:29 24/7 SPINNING, TWIRLING, AND I WAS SO SICK AND -- TO THE 44:33 POINT -- I WASN'T SUICIDAL, BUT I FINALLY HAD THE EMOTIONAL 44:38 IDENTIFICATION WITH IT, BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAD TRIED TO COMMIT 44:42 SUICIDE A FEW TIMES WHEN I WAS A CHILD, AND I NEVER COULD 44:49 UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL I FELT SO HOPELESS THAT I UNDERSTANDING 44:52 IT. BUT THAT YEAR WAS A HORRIBLE 44:55 YEAR, AND YET IT WAS TH BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE. 44:57 >> AMEN. >> GOD TAUGHT ME HOW TO EXSALT 45:05 HIS WORD. HE TAUGHT ME THAT HE WAS 45:11 WATCHING OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT AS HE SAYS IN 45:15 JEREMIAH 1:12, AND YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THIS ONE, ROMANS 4:17, 45:21 THAT HE IS THE GOD THAT GIVES LIFE TO THE DEAD, AND CALLS 45:26 THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS THOUGH THEY ALREADY WERE. 45:29 THAT YEAR, WHICH WAS A HORRIBLE TRIAL, I LOOK BACK AND I THANK 45:34 GOD FOR THAT TRIAL EVERY -- NOT EVERY DAY, I DON'T THINK ABOUT 45:38 IT EVERY DAY, BUT EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT, I SAY THANK YOU 45:43 FOR HELP ME GO THROUGH THAT. >> ROMANS, YOU KNOW WE KNOW AL 45:49 THINGS -- AND THAT'S EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING -- WE GO 45:54 THROUGH. GOD WORKS TOGETHER FOR GOOD, TO 45:56 THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, TO THOSE WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS 46:01 PURPOSE. MRS. DINZEY, I JUST THANK YOU -pFOR BEING HONEST. 46:06 THAT WAS SO POWERFUL. BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE KIND OF 46:11 SPIRITLIZE OUR JOURNEY AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS HO I PRAISE, AND 46:14 THIS IS HOW I DO IT. AND I'M DOING REALLY GOOD, BUT 46:18 WE ALL GO THROUGH THOSE TIMES, AND EVEN THOUGH I SHARED HOW GOD 46:25 TAUGHT ME TO PRAISE IN THAT EXPERIENCE. 46:27 JUST THIS WEEK I HAD A PITY PARTY. 46:30 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN JUST 46:32 BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING GOD IS TEACHING US, IN THE PROCESS OF 46:36 LEARNING HOW TO PRAISE, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I STILL GO BACK 46:40 TO THAT -- >> UH-HUH. 46:41 >> AND THEN I HAVE TO GO BACK TO GOD. 46:44 I REMEMBER IT WAS -- ACTUALLY A MORNING THIS WEEK, AND I WAS 46:49 TELLING GREG, BOY, I'M JUST -- AND HE SAID JILLY LET'S 46:57 PRAY. AND WE JUST -- GOD, WE NEED YOU. 47:02 GOD, WE'RE CHOOSING TO PRAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE CHANGED. 47:06 AND THEN WE HEADED INTO WORK, AND MY OFFICE WHEN YOU COME IN 47:11 THE DOOR, AND HIS OFFICE IS A COUPLE DOWN THE HALL. 47:15 SO HE UNLOCKED MY DOOR, AND I WENT IN, AND HE SAID, I'M 47:21 PRAYING FOR YOU TODAY, JILLY. AND AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE DAY, 47:27 JUST TO SEE GOD WORK THAT MIRACLE. 47:29 >> AMEN. >> AND GOD CHANGE YOU. 47:32 I THINK THAT PRAISE ALLOWS GOD TO WORK IN OUR LIVES -- 47:36 >> AMEN. >> -- IN A WAY THAT WE COULDN'T 47:40 IF WE DIDN'T PRAY. I THINK OF PAUL AND SILAS. 47:46 THEY WERE BEATEN WITH THE RODS AND STRIKES, AND THROWN IN 47:51 PRISON, AND YET WHAT WOULD I BE WANTING TO DO? 47:55 YOU WOULD BE UPSET. YOU WOULD BE, GOD, WE WERE 48:00 PREACHING. AND PAUL HAD JUST CAST OUT THE 48:03 DEMON IN THAT GIRL. AND GOD, WE WERE DOING YOUR 48:08 WORK, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING IN JAIL? 48:10 AND WHAT HAPPENED? AT MIDNIGHT, THEY WERE SINGING 48:14 PRAISES TO GOD, AND THEN THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED, AND GOD 48:19 SHOWED UP, AND -- >> THE CHAINS BROKE. 48:22 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND YOU SEE THE MIRACLE THAT GOD 48:27 DID. AND THEY CHOSE TO SING. 48:29 >> THEIR LIFE WAS A LETTER WRITTEN ON THE HEART OF CHRIST, 48:35 BECAUSE THE JAILORS WERE LISTENING TO THEM -- 48:39 >> WITNESSING. >> WINESSING ALL OF THIS. 48:42 AND WHEN ALL OF THE CHAINS BROKE OFF, HE IS DRAWING OUT HIS SWORD 48:47 THINKING HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO KILL HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WAS 48:52 RESPONSIBLE, AND WHEN PAUL SAID, HEY, WE ARE HERE, WE DIDN'T RUN 48:57 AWAY, THE JAILOR WAS LIKE, I WANT WHAT YOU HAVE, AND THE 49:03 JAILOR AND HIS WHOLE HOUSEHOLD WERE BAPTIZED. 49:08 IN LUKE 17:17, WHEN JESUS HEALED THESE TEN LEPERS. 49:17 ONE WAS A SAMARITAN, ONLY ONE. AND GUESS WHO CAME BACK TO THANK 49:23 THEM. AND JESUS SAID WERE THERE NOT 49:26 TEN CLEANSED? BUT WHERE ARE THE NINE? 49:30 WERE THERE NOT ANY WHO RETURNED TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD EXCEPT FOR 49:35 THIS FOREIGNER? >> UH-HUH. 49:37 >> YOU ARE SO RIGHT THAT WHEN WE START THANKING GOD, WHEN WE 49:42 START PRAISING GOD, WHAT HAPPENS? 49:45 WE TAKE OUR EYES OFF OF THE PROBLEM -- 49:47 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WE FOCUS OUR EYES ON THE 49:50 PROBLEM SOLVER. >> AMEN. 49:52 >> SOMETIMES I HAVE FELT LIKE YOU ARE SAYING -- THIS PROBLEM 49:56 IS TOO BIG FOR ANYBODY. AND THEN I'LL START PRAISING 50:02 GOD, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I REMEMBER, WOW, GOD, YOU ARE THE 50:06 CREATOR OF ALL THINGS. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU, 50:10 AND THEN HOPE BUILDS IN YOUR HEART, AND THE FAITH. 50:14 YOU START THINKING ABOUT HOW HE HAS LEAD IN THE PAST, AND THE 50:18 HOPE IS COMING UP IN YOUR HEART, AND IT IS EXCITING. 50:22 AND IT DOES CHANGE YOU. AND IN ISAIAH, HE SAYS WHEN WE 50:26 KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON HIM, TRUSTING IN HIM, HE PROMISES TO 50:31 KEEP US IN PERFECT PEACE. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS -- GO 50:35 AHEAD. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A 50:39 MENTION -- WHAT JILL SAID, THAT MR. MORKONI, HE SAID, I'M 50:47 PRAYING FOR YOU JILL, AMEN. >> THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 50:52 SPIRITUAL SUPPORT BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE -- 50:53 >> AMEN. >> THANK YOU. 50:55 >> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SINGLE, 51:02 PROBABLY A WIDOW, WIDOWER, WHO DOES NOT HAVE THEIR SPOUSE WITH 51:07 THEM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR GOD'S CHILDREN TO BE THERE 51:13 SPIRITUALLY FOR EACH OTHER. SOMETIMES WE'RE IN NEED OF BEING 51:16 MINISTERED TO, AND WE'RE AFRAID OF SPEAKING UP OR SAYING 51:21 SOMETHING? ALL YOU NEED TO SAY IS PLEASE 51:24 PRAY FOR ME. AND WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME, PLEASE 51:27 PRAY FOR ME, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE 1:00 OR 2:0 IN THE MORNING, AND 51:33 I HAVE PEOPLE WRITING TO ME THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, SOMETIMES 51:37 THE LORD IMPRESSES ME TO WRITE A CERTAIN MESSAGE, AND THE PEOPLE 51:41 WERE LIKE, HEY, THAT WAS FOR ME. WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP AT 3:00 IN 51:46 THE MORNING? >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING RECEIVING 51:51 THEM AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING. >> I'M TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD 51:56 TIME OR I'M AWAKE ANYWAY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE 52:01 SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FROM YOUR SPOUSE, AND IT INFLUENCED 52:09 MRS. JILL MORIKONE'S LIFE -- >> ARE YOU BEING FORMAL OR -- 52:13 >> THIS IS OUR THING. WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE THIS. 52:18 I ALWAYS CALL HER MRS. DINZEY. >> AND I ALWAYS CALL HER 52:24 MRS. MORIKONI. >> I JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO 52:28 REALIZE YOU ARE VERY CLOSE. >> WE HAVE DONE THIS -- 52:33 >> WELL, SAMUEL IS 21, SO A LONG TIME. 52:37 BUT I STILL CALL HER JILL SOMETIMES. 52:42 >> AND SHE PRONOUNCES IT CORRECTLY, TOO. 52:45 >> WELL, THANK YOU. I LOVE IT. 52:47 SO WHEN WE -- WHEN WE SHARE THAT SPIRITUAL SUPPORT, I MUST SAY, 52:52 MY SONS HAVE HELPED ME SPIRITUALLY. 52:55 >> PRAISE GOD. >> I'M LIKE THIS LITTLE KID JUST 53:01 GIVE ME A SPIRITUAL SLAP IN THE FACE, PER SE, YOU KNOW, A SWEET 53:06 ONE, THAT -- I'M LIKE, OH, SAMUEL, THANK YOU. 53:10 KENNETH, THANK YOU. MOM, HOW ARE YOU DOING? 53:14 SON, I'M DOING GOOD. TELL ME THE TRUTH, MOM. 53:19 WELL, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. 53:21 MOM, I'M PRAYING FOR YOU. I'M PRAYING FOR YOU MOM. 53:26 >> THAT MUST MEAN SO MUCH. >> IT MEANS A LOT. 53:30 AND FOR ME TO BE HONEST AND DESCRIBE WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH, 53:34 I DON'T THINK IT IS WORRYING ME, IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO PRAY EVEN 53:40 MORE. AND WHEN THEY SEE THE CONDITION 53:43 THAT WE ARE, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, IT IS A 53:48 BLESSING TO THEM TOO. AND WHEN I'M HAVING A BAD DAY, 53:53 BELIEVE ME, THEY KNOW I'M HAVING A BAD DAY. 53:56 AND THEY WILL LAUGH ON THE PHONE. 53:59 MOM, IT WILL GET BETTER. A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE 54:03 FAMILY AFFECTS THE WHOLE UNIT IN THAT FAMILY. 54:05 >> I'M GOING TO -- I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS THIS, 54:09 BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT VERY QUICKLY. 54:12 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEARNED TO BE FILLED WITH 54:16 THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE, AND THEY HAVE THIS ATTITUDE -- I 54:19 MEAN -- WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU DON'T GO AROUND AN BE HONEST 54:25 ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS, BUT WHEN YOU KEEP AN ATTITUDE OF GRAT 54:31 OUGHT TO -- AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, THE BEST WAY TO 54:33 DEVELOP ONE IS TO SIT DOWN AND MAKE A LIST, AND COUNT THEM ONE 54:42 AND ONE, AND PRAISE FOR THAT. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WHINE 54:46 AND COMPLAIN CONSTANTLY. >> UH-HUH. 54:48 >> AND TO ME, I THINK, THAT TRIAL REVEALS OUR CHARACTER. 54:53 >> UH-HUH. >> YES. 54:54 >> AND I THINK SOMETIMES GOD ALLOWS US TO GO THROUGH THAT, SO 55:00 THAT WE CAN SEE, WOW, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH 55:05 ME. >> UH-HUH. 55:05 >> AND IT'S -- I HAVE BEEN THERE MYSELF. 55:09 I HAVE DONE MY SHARE OF WHINING A TIME OR TWO, BUT YOU 55:14 UNDERSTAND. WHEN YOU SEE THAT, YOU THINK, 55:17 LORD, HELP ME GROW BEYOND THIS. HE CERTAINLY WELL. 55:25 WELL, WE HAVE JUST A MINUTE LEFT. 55:27 BUT PLEASE BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. 55:29 WE WILL TALK ABOUT MORE REASONS TO PRAISE THE LORD, BUT WE WOULD 55:33 LIKE YOU TO SHARE YOUR PRAISES WITH US, HOW GOD HAS ANSWERED A 55:38 PRAYER, OR HOW HE HAS JUST BROUGHT YOU THROUGH A DIFFICULT 55:43 TIME. AND YOU ARE JUST THANKFUL TO 55:45 STILL BE ON YOUR FEET, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. 55:47 >> AND IF YOU HAVE A PRAYER REQUEST THAT YOU JUST FEEL 55:51 LIKE -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FEELING -- AS YOU SAID, I'M JUST 55:55 NOT FEELING IT TODAY -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 55:57 >> -- HELP ME. HELP ME. 55:59 BECAUSE WE WANT TO PRAY FOR THAT. 56:03 BECAUSE IT IS TRUE THAT PRAISE IS LIFE CHANGING. 56:06 PRAISE IS FAITH BUILDING. >> ABSOLUTELY. 56:12 I WAS THINKING ABOUT -- WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHINING. 56:17 IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, YOU ARE JUST EASILY HAPPY. 56:22 BUT JOY ONLY COMES FROM JESUS, AND FROM AN ABIDING SENSE OF HIS 56:27 PRESENCE. I THINK HAPPINESS IS FLEETING. 56:29 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> HAPPINESS IS DEPENDANT ON 56:35 CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT A DEEP ABIDING JOY COMES FROM WALKING 56:39 WITH JESUS AND MAYBE MAKING A CHOICE TO PRAISE. 56:42 SO I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN MORE PESSIMISTIC OR OPTIMISTIC, 56:47 BUT WE CAN ALL MAKE A CHOICE TO PRAY AND TO EXPERIENCE HIS JOY, 56:52 AND GOD CAN CHANGE EVEN A PERSON WHO IS NATURALLY A PESSIMIST, 56:57 AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO YOU LOOK AT, AND SAY, YOU ARE ALWAYS 57:02 HAPPY, AND THAT IS THE RESULT OF THOUGH LORD JESUS CHRIST. 57:05 >> I AGREE 100%. WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE CHICKEN 57:10 LITTLE, THAT EVERY TIME SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, OH, THE 57:16 SKY IS FALLING. WE NEED TO TRUST IN THE LORD. 57:19 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT JOB WHEN WE COME BACK. 57:22 WE HAVE GOT MORE, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE SENDING 57:25 IN YOUR PRAISE REPORTS AND PRAYER REQUESTS. 57:28 PLEASE STAY TUNED. WE WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT 57:32 THE POWER OF PRAISE. WHEN WE GIVE GLORY TO GOD, HOW 57:38 HE WORKS IN OUR LIVES TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HIS DIVINE PRESENCE IS 57:45 ALWAYS WITH US. >> AMEN. 57:47 ♪ |
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