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♪ theme music ♪

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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,

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an in-depth, interactive study

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of the Word of God.

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Well, we're coming to the end

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of an amazing series on <i>The Psalms,</i>

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these inspired Scripture songs

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we have been studying for this series.

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And if you've missed any,

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go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess.

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You can watch the entire series,

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or go to our YouTube channel;

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they're all there; you can watch.

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We've been on a journey, learning

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about the powerful, inspired messages

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of these Scripture songs.

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Today, a vitally important topic,

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<i>Waiting on the Lord,</i> both now

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and as we wait for His glorious appearing.

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So, glad you're here, welcome

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to Hope Sabbath School.

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And welcome to the team,

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good to see you again.

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Give a wave to all

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of our Hope Sabbath School members

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around the world.

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We're just glad that we can be together.

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We've got some remote team members.

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Heide, great to have you back with us,

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glad you're here today.

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Leeah, always good to have you,

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glad you're with us today.

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And, Travis, good to see you.

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I'm just so thankful

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for our remote team members;

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they add something to our discussion,

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but <i>you</i> are also an important part

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of our discussion,

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and that's why your emails to us

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are so important.

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Write to us at sshope@hopetv.org.

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You make an important decision

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or you have an insight to share

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from your study of the Word,

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we want to hear from you.

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So, remember that email address,

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sshope@hopetv.org, and we'll

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look forward to hearing from you.

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We're always happy when we get emails.

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Here's one from James in Namibia

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in former German West Africa.

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James writes and says, "My family and I

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appreciate most the fact

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that the class studies

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are biblically based."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) "This enables us

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to confidently share messages of truth

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with our neighbors."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Yes! You're part

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of the miracle, James.

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Thank you for writing to us.

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He concludes, well, he says,

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"James and Family from Namibia."

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We're glad that you wrote to us

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and thank you for sharing the truths

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that you're learning.

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Here is a note from Julia in New York,

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actually Long Island, New York,

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"Hello, Hope Sabbath School."

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(Team) Hello.

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(Derek) I think they say that

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so they'll get the wave.

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"My name's Julia from Long Island.

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I've been watching Hope Sabbath School

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since 2019, and I love

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the interactive Bible study.

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I love you all, and those testimonies

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have been an inspiration

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and encouragement to me."

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Well, Julia, you'll hear

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some testimonies today

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that will be a blessing, I'm sure,

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but thank you for pointing that out.

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"I have shared the link for the program

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with other families."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Right? "Thanks so much

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for your ministry.

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I'm glad I was able to contribute

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to Hope Sabbath School.

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Let's continue to pray and share

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the truth with the world.

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May God bless you as you

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continue to be a blessing

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all over the world, Julia."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Well, Julia, thank you

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for taking the time to write to us

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from Long Island,

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there in the state of New York.

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We're happy you're part

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of our Hope Sabbath School family.

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Here's a little hand-written note

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from Washington State,

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that's in the northwest part

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of the United States,

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and a donor couple write, and they say,

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"Your Bible study class

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and all other programs

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are such a huge blessing to us.

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The Lord is blessing you mightily.

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God bless you all."

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That's a lot of blessings, isn't it?

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And a gift of 200 dollars

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to bless the ministry.

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Thank you, you know who you are,

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thank you for writing to us

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from Washington State.

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We're all part of a great miracle,

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all working together, and your gift

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means a great deal.

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If you want to be part

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of this miracle, you say, "Derek,

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could I do a little something each month?"

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or maybe, "Someone just gave me

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an inheritance," or, "I have something,"

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like someone said, "My saving account

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keeps getting bigger,

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and I'd like to help," go to our website,

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hopetv.org/hopess,

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click on the Donate button,

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or get an address and write us a note.

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Let us know how you're blessed

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through a study of God's Word.

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Thank you for all you do.

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One last note, from As in Mali.

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Where's Mali, anybody know?

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Yes, Lilica, it's close to home, isn't it?

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You're from Guinea-Bissau.

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Where is Mali in connection

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to where you live?

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(Lilica) So, it's just east of my country.

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(Derek) Toward the center

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of the great continent of Africa, right?

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(Lilica) Yes...

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(Derek) Well, As writes and he says,

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"Hope Sabbath School is an opportunity

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for all of us to study the truth

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of God's Word together.

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It comes back to the love

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of God through Jesus,

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manifested by the Holy Spirit

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changing our hearts."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) That was a good summary,[br]wasn't it?

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"I appreciate that the lessons

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do not stray from the Bible."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) By the way, Mali

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is predominantly non-Christian, right?

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(Lilica) Muslim.

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(Derek) "The discussions are clear,

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simple, and honest.

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We can study like the Bereans

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who searched the Scriptures daily

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to see if those things were so.

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What a blessing, thank you."

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Well, thank you, As, for writing to us

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from the country of Mali,

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not too far from Lilica's home country

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of Guinea-Bissau.

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We're thankful that God's calling people

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from every nation, kindred, tongue

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and people, am I right?

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) And we are just so happy

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that you wrote to us.

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And we'd like to hear from you.

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You say, "Well, I wrote five years ago."

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Write to us again: sshope@hopetv.org.

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Let us know how your life, your family

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is being blessed

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by an in-depth, interactive study

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of the Word of God,

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how you've been blessed

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and are blessing others

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as you share what you have learned.

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Well, this is the last opportunity for you

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to get a beautiful collection

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of <i>Trilogy Scripture Songs</i>

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from the Psalms; there are six of them,

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and the theme song, Psalm 105,

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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord,"

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is one of them.

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All you have to do

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to get your free collection

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You say, "I don't have a pen."

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Well, take a picture of the screen:

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Go to the website, click

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download that collection

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of six <i>Trilogy Scripture Songs</i>,

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including our theme song for this series.

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And I love this theme song,

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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord."

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I'm singing it in my sleep, and I want

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to invite you to sing it with us just now.

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♪ music ♪

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(Derek) Let's pray together.

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Father in Heaven, we want to call

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upon Your name just now

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and give You thanks that You are

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a great and awesome God.

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We want to thank You

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for this series on <i>The Psalms,</i>

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these inspired Scripture songs

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preserved for our blessing.

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And today, as we conclude our series

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with the theme of <i>Waiting on the Lord,</i>

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I pray by Your Spirit You would teach us

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what that means and the blessings

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that come when we wait on You.

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I thank You, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) We're going to begin our study

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in Psalm 27, and, Nancy, if you would read

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the last two verses

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of that psalm, Psalm 27:13,14.

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We are introduced to a concept

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which we want to study further,

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and that is <i>Waiting on the Lord.</i>

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(Nancy) I'm reading from the NASB,

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New American Standard Bible:

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(Derek) Alright, that translation,

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"Wait <i>for</i> the Lord,"

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some other translations, "Wait

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<i>on</i> the Lord," but there's

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this idea of waiting.

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We want to explore that.

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By the way, just a note

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to our Hope Sabbath School members

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around the world, that's one

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of the six Scripture songs

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that's on the free collection

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that you can download for this series,

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<i>Trilogy Scripture Songs</i> from the Psalms,

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is Psalm 27 that we just read.

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That's one of my favorites.

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But let's go, Stephanie, to Psalm 37,

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and I'm going to ask you to read

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three verses from that psalm,

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beginning with verse 7, verse 9

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and verse 34, and let's hear

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this theme again, and maybe we'll learn

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a little more about what it means

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to <i>Wait on the Lord.</i>

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(Stephanie) And I'll be reading

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from the New King James Version, verse 7:

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Verse 9:

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Verse 34:

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(Derek) Alright, and now I want

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to hyperspace to Isaiah the prophet.

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He lived about 300 years

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after the psalmist David.

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And I'm going to ask Leeah if you'd read

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from Isaiah, chapter 40.

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We've moved out of the Psalms here,

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but we'll see this as a common theme

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in the Scriptures, a beautiful passage

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in Isaiah 40, verses 28 to 31.

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(Leeah) Sure, I'll be reading

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from the English Standard Version,

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Isaiah 40, verses 28 through 31:

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Anybody else love

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that promise besides me?

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Isn't that a beautiful....

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Someone's raising their hand

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in Mali, maybe, or in the Philippines

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saying, "Derek,

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I love that promise."

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So, having heard this theme repeated,

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wait for or wait on the Lord, can someone

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tell me what that means?

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Yes, Heide, what do you think it means?

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It's not just talking

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about, like, passively waiting[br]around, right?

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(Heide) No, and if we can, I would like

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to go to one of my favorite verses

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in the Bible; it's Proverbs 3,[br]verses 5 and 6.

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(Derek) Okay, and then you'll answer

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the question of what it means

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to wait on the Lord, right?

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Proverbs, chapter 3, verses 5 and 6.

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And what translation of the Bible

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are you reading from today?

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(Heide) I'll be reading

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from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:

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So, in my opinion, part of waiting

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on the Lord is living in submission to Him

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and living in His will and learning

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to make that a part of everything

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that I do, even if it's a simple thing,

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how I dress - is this

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according to His will?

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What I'm eating - is this

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according to His will?

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What I do - is this according to His will?

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What I say - is this

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according to His will?

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It's doing things God's way

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versus man's way.

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(Derek) Well, thank you, Heide,

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for pointing that out.

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So, you're quoting from Proverbs there,

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and the idea of, acknowledge Him,

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and He will direct your path,

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that's part of the waiting

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that you're talking about.

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Travis, you want to add to that?

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What does it mean to you?

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From hearing the Scripture now,

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not just a personal opinion,

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but from the Scriptures, what does it mean

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to wait on the Lord?

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(Travis) Well, Derek, I agree

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with what she just said, but again, I want

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to share a story from the Bible

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of an individual who literally had

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to wait on the Lord, if you don't mind.

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That is Daniel, chapter 10.

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(Derek) Okay, just tell it to us

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in your own words.

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(Travis) Okay, in Daniel, chapter 10,

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Daniel has fainted; this time prophecy

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has boggled his mind.

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He doesn't know how to process it.

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He doesn't understand it,

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and he fasts for 21 days.

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And then Gabriel the angel comes to him,

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and he says, "We heard you,"

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basically, "We heard you, but there is

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a battle behind the scenes

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that I've been involved with,

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and it's taken 21 days

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to complete this battle,

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and now I've come to answer your prayer."

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So, it wasn't that God

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hadn't heard Daniel's prayer,

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but I think waiting on the Lord,

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we have to realize there's a cosmic battle

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behind the scenes.

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We don't know what's going on,

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and God has to operate

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within the free will of each human person,

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so it has to be in His time.

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He knows the beginning from the end.

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We can trust that our prayers are heard.

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And the story of Daniel shows me not only

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that I can trust, but that they'll

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be answered as well.

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(Derek) Powerful, thank you

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for sharing that Bible story.

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I want to give you an opportunity to share

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a time, a season of your life.

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Well, let's talk about Jesus first,

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because even Jesus had to learn

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to wait on the Lord.

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If we believe what Travis just said,

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and it's certainly biblical,

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Jesus was in the middle

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of a great cosmic battle, right?

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So, where do you see, in the life of Jesus

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from His birth, growing up in Nazareth,

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where do you see Him demonstrating,

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John, waiting on the Lord?

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(John) We see Jesus at the age of 12

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in the temple, and then there's no record

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of what happens until the age of 30.

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(Derek) Eighteen years.

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(John) And the only kind of words

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that kind of show us what was happening

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is the Bible says Jesus "grew

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in wisdom and stature

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and in favor with God and man."

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That waiting period,

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that's what Jesus was doing.

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(Derek) And there's one other phrase

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there, I think, in Luke

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that says He was obedient to His parents.

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But that's a long wait,

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because if we understand

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from Scripture, He said,

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"I must be about My Father's business,"

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at age 12, He's beginning to understand,

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isn't He, but He waits until the Father

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says, "Now is the time." Jason?

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(Jason) Yeah, I was thinking

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about Jesus' first miracle at the wedding

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when He told His mother,

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"My time has not come yet."

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So, Jesus understood that there was

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a time, you know, in God's eyes,

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for things to be taking place.

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And I believe that's the understanding

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that we need, too.

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As Jesus explained,

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that basically the timing

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has to do with everything

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when it comes to God.

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(Derek) And if we read that story

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in John, chapter 2, I'm thinking

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that Jesus probably said, "Father, is this

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really the time?" and the Father said,

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"Yes, now <i>is</i> the time,"

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not just because Mother asked, right,

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but, "Now is the time.

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I do nothing of My own will,

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but the will of Him who sent Me." Pedro.

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(Pedro) I see Jesus' baptism experience.

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After His baptism, He was taken

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by the Spirit to the desert.

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Now, Jesus was there for 40 days,

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and He was being led by the Spirit;

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all His life was led by the Spirit.

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And we look into the aspect of waiting.

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Some people ask, "What was the purpose

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for [Jesus] to be 40 days fasting[br]in the desert?"

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And sometimes we ask why we're going

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through desert times in our lives,

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and how is the Holy Spirit guiding us,

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and the Bible gives an example of Jesus.

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Even Jesus had to wait.

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(Derek) He was there in the wilderness.

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The beautiful biography, <i>The Desire</i>

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<i>of Ages,</i> says, "He was contemplating

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His mission," so He's praying,

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listening to His Father.

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Now, you mentioned that we may go

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through those times of waiting, too,

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so I want to ask a question,

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maybe of one of our remote team members,

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whichever one wants to raise their hand,

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a time when you had to learn

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to wait on the Lord, when you had to learn

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to just, well, like Heide said,

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in all your ways acknowledge Him

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and kind of wait for Him

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to direct your path,

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anyone have a testimony to share?

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I'm looking at the remotes; I'm not seeing

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a hand, but I see Puia's hand.

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Puia, tell us a time when you

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had to learn, this idea

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is not just waiting around, right,

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but being attentive to God,

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asking Him to direct your steps.

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(Puia) I would say it's a constant lesson

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that God is still teaching me every day,

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to wait on Him because we live

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in a day and age where we want

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everything right away, right?

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We go through fast food,

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we want a fast internet speed,

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and it's hard to wait on getting results

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when you go through a test,

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or when you go through an examination.

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But looking at the Scripture, there is

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so much wisdom in learning to be patient,

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learning to wait on God,

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especially in the context

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of Psalm 37 we read earlier,

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in the face of evildoers, in the face

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of so much suffering in this world.

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I believe the lesson that God

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is teaching me is to trust that there is

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a timing that God will step in.

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(Derek) Yes. Tendi, a time

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when you had to learn to wait on the Lord.

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(Tendi) Yes, I had to learn to wait

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on the Lord in the context of marriage.

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I waited 14 years to get married.

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(Derek) Fourteen years.

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(Tendi) Yes, I had been studying

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courtship and marriage, the way

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God wants it to be,

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and it was exhausting, the wait.

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There was a lot of prayer

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that went into it,

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but the moment, on the fourteenth year,

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I gave God my heart, and I asked Him

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to find me a husband, so He did that

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at the fourteenth year.

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(Derek) So, I don't know when

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the first year was; I'm guessing

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the first year of the fourteen was

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when you felt like you wanted

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a life companion who would

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love you and love God.

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So, kind of, "I'm ready for that,"

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and you waited 14 years because you

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didn't want to just marry any man[br]that walked by.

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(Tendi) That's right.

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(Derek) You wanted to wait

0:21:53.689,0:21:55.574
for the person God had in mind for you.

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(Tendi) God's choice...

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(Derek) We're going to get a lot

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of emails about that, because someone

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might write, maybe you'll write and say,

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"Pastor Derek, I wish I had done that.

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I wish I had waited on the Lord

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and let Him lead."

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That's very practical, Tendi.

0:22:12.383,0:22:13.299
Thanks for sharing.

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Travis, waiting, a time when God

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maybe taught you what it means

0:22:19.846,0:22:22.477
to wait on the Lord.

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(Travis) Derek, that's exactly what comes

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to my mind, is that was

0:22:27.177,0:22:28.444
a lesson that I learned.

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And many have heard, and I'm not going

0:22:30.291,0:22:31.886
to tell the story again right now

0:22:31.886,0:22:33.601
of the cell phone call, you know,

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you and I had been involved in

0:22:35.520,0:22:40.538
when God miraculously dialed a phone.

0:22:40.538,0:22:42.437
But what I did learn from that

0:22:42.437,0:22:43.625
was, I was on fire.

0:22:43.625,0:22:45.569
I had just learned about God's goodness,

0:22:45.569,0:22:46.679
and I just wanted to go

0:22:46.679,0:22:48.819
and do these things,

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and I fell flat on my face, kind of,

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in a sense, spiritually.

0:22:53.914,0:22:57.369
And I realized, now looking back,

0:22:57.369,0:22:59.435
that God knew that I had

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some things personally that needed

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to be taken care of,

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that I wasn't ready to get involved,

0:23:06.020,0:23:07.461
at least to the point where I

0:23:07.461,0:23:09.165
wanted to be involved.

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And I had some life lessons to learn.

0:23:11.528,0:23:14.372
And through a series of events,

0:23:14.372,0:23:19.051
He taught me that it's all in His timing;

0:23:19.051,0:23:20.231
it's not in my timing.

0:23:20.231,0:23:23.697
Even though I desired to just go,

0:23:23.697,0:23:26.262
He was saying, "Wait, I have

0:23:26.262,0:23:28.320
to get you ready," and that was

0:23:28.320,0:23:30.599
really an important lesson for me.

0:23:30.599,0:23:32.420
(Derek) Powerful. Stephanie, I'm going

0:23:32.420,0:23:35.676
to ask you to go with us to Psalm 131,

0:23:35.676,0:23:37.192
because one of the things

0:23:37.192,0:23:39.461
that we need to learn

0:23:39.461,0:23:43.090
is to be at peace while we wait.

0:23:43.090,0:23:47.003
Yeah, we may wait 18 years like Jesus did,

0:23:47.003,0:23:50.903
from 12 to 30, 14 years like Tendi did

0:23:50.903,0:23:52.978
in her testimony.

0:23:52.978,0:23:54.563
Someone might say, "Pastor Derek,

0:23:54.563,0:23:57.568
I've waiting half my lifetime."

0:23:57.568,0:23:59.095
How do we learn to be at peace?

0:23:59.095,0:24:01.732
What insight do we get from the psalmist

0:24:01.732,0:24:05.111
in Psalm 131, verses 1 to 3?

0:24:05.111,0:24:06.585
(Stephanie) And I'll be reading

0:24:06.585,0:24:08.240
from the New King James Version:

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(Derek) Alright, I'm going to ask Nancy

0:24:38.940,0:24:40.250
a question because I've met

0:24:40.250,0:24:41.787
some of your beautiful children.

0:24:41.787,0:24:43.251
So, what's the difference

0:24:43.251,0:24:45.139
between a nursing child

0:24:45.139,0:24:47.796
and a weaned child, first?

0:24:47.796,0:24:52.696
And then, when a weaned child comes,

0:24:52.696,0:24:55.657
what is that saying, and what can we learn

0:24:55.657,0:24:58.825
from that about waiting on the Lord?

0:24:58.825,0:25:01.353
(Nancy) Yeah, well, I had three boys,

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and I remember the process

0:25:03.211,0:25:05.713
of them becoming weaned.

0:25:05.713,0:25:07.976
And I think what it's talking about here

0:25:07.976,0:25:12.148
is that you're going to trust that, well,

0:25:12.148,0:25:14.780
I'll say the child at some point

0:25:14.780,0:25:17.228
is no longer nursing, and they decide

0:25:17.228,0:25:19.182
that they're going to trust

0:25:19.182,0:25:21.143
that their mother will provide them

0:25:21.143,0:25:23.555
with the food that they need in the way

0:25:23.555,0:25:25.945
that she's going to do it.

0:25:25.945,0:25:29.234
And they're okay with it,

0:25:29.234,0:25:31.475
and they feel at peace with that.

0:25:31.475,0:25:34.055
And so, that's what God wants us to do,

0:25:34.055,0:25:35.536
is to trust that He's going

0:25:35.536,0:25:38.143
to provide for us at the time

0:25:38.143,0:25:39.662
He's going to provide for us.

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(Derek) So even though when that[br]little one,

0:25:41.719,0:25:43.671
depending on how old they are

0:25:43.671,0:25:47.707
when they stop nursing, is now weaned,

0:25:47.707,0:25:49.221
did any of your boys still come

0:25:49.221,0:25:50.642
and snuggle with momma?

0:25:50.642,0:25:51.762
(Nancy) Of course, yes.

0:25:51.762,0:25:53.264
(Derek) Right, what's happening

0:25:53.264,0:25:54.768
at that moment, would you say,

0:25:54.768,0:25:56.341
and what could we learn from that

0:25:56.341,0:25:59.686
about this attitude of resting

0:25:59.686,0:26:02.632
or waiting at peace in the Lord?

0:26:02.632,0:26:04.480
(Nancy) Well, because they know

0:26:04.480,0:26:06.541
that you still love them, and they

0:26:06.541,0:26:10.148
still feel security and peace

0:26:10.148,0:26:13.741
in just snuggling with you.

0:26:13.741,0:26:16.067
But they're growing, and so they are

0:26:16.067,0:26:18.475
no longer going to be nursed by you.

0:26:18.475,0:26:19.715
You're going to feed them

0:26:19.715,0:26:21.017
in a different way, but you

0:26:21.017,0:26:27.048
still love them and provide for them.

0:26:27.048,0:26:29.952
(Derek) So, Heide, I know you've got

0:26:29.952,0:26:32.140
a couple of...they're not little anymore,

0:26:32.140,0:26:33.297
are they, Heide?

0:26:33.297,0:26:36.934
But when one of your children comes

0:26:36.934,0:26:40.014
just to spend time with you, are they

0:26:40.014,0:26:42.098
stressed out that you might not feed them

0:26:42.098,0:26:43.816
for the next week?

0:26:43.816,0:26:46.481
I mean, are they really anxious that they

0:26:46.481,0:26:50.912
might be evicted from their bedroom?

0:26:50.912,0:26:52.217
(Heide) No, not at all.

0:26:52.217,0:26:53.606
As a matter of fact, they say

0:26:53.606,0:26:55.707
that when a mother nurses a child,

0:26:55.707,0:26:58.512
it releases a hormone

0:26:58.512,0:27:01.623
that bonds them for life.

0:27:01.623,0:27:04.754
And in the same way, I think God,

0:27:04.754,0:27:07.499
when we come to Him, and we cast

0:27:07.499,0:27:09.126
our cares upon Him, and we learn

0:27:09.126,0:27:11.345
to fully surrender to Him, I think

0:27:11.345,0:27:14.799
it bonds us in this way that you come now.

0:27:14.799,0:27:17.229
And like you said, Nancy's boys

0:27:17.229,0:27:18.992
will still come to her lap,

0:27:18.992,0:27:20.822
and my children will come to my lap,

0:27:20.822,0:27:22.859
and some of the teen members

0:27:22.859,0:27:24.663
may not have children, but you have

0:27:24.663,0:27:26.407
your mother, and you remember

0:27:26.407,0:27:28.526
what it's like to go to your mother's lap.

0:27:28.526,0:27:32.156
It's this place of safety, of no fear,

0:27:32.156,0:27:34.526
of peace, and that's what God is saying

0:27:34.526,0:27:36.059
He wants to have with us,

0:27:36.059,0:27:39.555
what He does have already if we come.

0:27:39.555,0:27:40.858
(Derek) We want to move on

0:27:40.858,0:27:42.801
to another section; we could stay there.

0:27:42.801,0:27:44.218
By the way, I don't want dads

0:27:44.218,0:27:46.073
to feel left out either, because I know

0:27:46.073,0:27:47.706
that a weaned child can come

0:27:47.706,0:27:49.817
and snuggle with dad, too right?

0:27:49.817,0:27:51.894
And, Pedro, I know you have

0:27:51.894,0:27:54.693
a beautiful little girl, Bianca; she knows

0:27:54.693,0:27:58.389
she's safe to come and rest,

0:27:58.389,0:28:01.138
and at the right time, papa

0:28:01.138,0:28:03.589
will provide for her, right?

0:28:03.589,0:28:05.663
But there is, as we continue our study

0:28:05.663,0:28:07.679
about <i>Waiting on the Lord,</i> there is

0:28:07.679,0:28:12.117
the idea of working while we wait.

0:28:12.117,0:28:14.440
So it's not waiting around

0:28:14.440,0:28:16.906
in idleness, right?

0:28:16.906,0:28:20.594
It's not waiting around in inactivity.

0:28:20.594,0:28:23.060
It's that waiting in the Lord,

0:28:23.060,0:28:26.041
resting in Him, yes, you know,

0:28:26.041,0:28:27.239
the beautiful image

0:28:27.239,0:28:29.154
of resting in His arms.

0:28:29.154,0:28:30.947
That's so beautiful, isn't it?

0:28:30.947,0:28:32.791
But, Puia, could you read for us

0:28:32.791,0:28:37.072
Psalm 126, verses 5 and 6?

0:28:37.072,0:28:38.200
And then we'll go

0:28:38.200,0:28:39.426
to the teaching of Jesus.

0:28:39.426,0:28:42.798
What is the special mission

0:28:42.798,0:28:45.093
that God gives to all of His children

0:28:45.093,0:28:48.172
while we learn to wait upon the Lord?

0:28:48.172,0:28:49.467
(Puia) Yes, I'll be reading

0:28:49.467,0:28:51.016
from the New King James Version,

0:28:51.016,0:28:54.762
Psalm 126, verses 5 and 6:

0:29:09.980,0:29:10.986
(Derek) So, put that

0:29:10.986,0:29:14.555
into, kind of, practical language[br]for us, Puia.

0:29:14.555,0:29:17.688
What does God want us to be doing

0:29:17.688,0:29:19.679
while we're learning to rest in Him,

0:29:19.679,0:29:21.993
to wait on the Lord, to, in all our ways,

0:29:21.993,0:29:23.911
let Him direct our path?

0:29:23.911,0:29:25.434
(Puia) I believe when it talks

0:29:25.434,0:29:27.485
about sowing, that's sharing

0:29:27.485,0:29:29.145
the good news of Jesus,

0:29:29.145,0:29:31.866
planting seeds in the hearts of people,

0:29:31.866,0:29:33.572
while we wait for that hope

0:29:33.572,0:29:36.230
of the soon return of Jesus,

0:29:36.230,0:29:37.224
to be in the work

0:29:37.224,0:29:38.554
of sharing the good news.

0:29:38.554,0:29:40.092
(Derek) Alright, we know waiting

0:29:40.092,0:29:42.964
on the Lord is not inactivity.

0:29:42.964,0:29:45.935
It involves action, right?

0:29:45.935,0:29:49.475
So, Puia has said, well, it's

0:29:49.475,0:29:52.201
the precious seed that we're sowing

0:29:52.201,0:29:54.183
with the promise, what?

0:29:54.183,0:29:55.554
What does it say, Heide?

0:29:55.554,0:29:57.696
The promise that we'll come again

0:29:57.696,0:30:00.403
with what kind of attitude?

0:30:00.403,0:30:01.670
In verse 6, I don't know

0:30:01.670,0:30:03.539
how that is in your Bible.

0:30:03.539,0:30:05.276
We'll "come again..."?

0:30:05.276,0:30:09.498
"...with rejoicing, bringing our sheaves."

0:30:09.498,0:30:10.599
(Heide) I was thinking

0:30:10.599,0:30:11.864
of what you say at the end

0:30:11.864,0:30:13.493
of each Hope Sabbath School lesson

0:30:13.493,0:30:14.587
where you say,

0:30:14.587,0:30:16.207
"Don't just keep it to yourselves;

0:30:16.207,0:30:19.089
go out and be a blessing to others."

0:30:19.089,0:30:21.916
So, that's what I hear here.

0:30:21.916,0:30:24.757
You have been blessed; now, literally,

0:30:24.757,0:30:26.530
go and share that same thing

0:30:26.530,0:30:29.982
so that others can also be blessed.

0:30:29.982,0:30:31.327
(Derek) You know, Jesus uses

0:30:31.327,0:30:34.384
that same metaphor of the harvest

0:30:34.384,0:30:36.123
when He's speaking to His followers.

0:30:36.123,0:30:37.757
And, Lilica, could you find

0:30:37.757,0:30:44.976
Matthew for us, chapter 9 and verse 37?

0:30:44.976,0:30:46.777
And let's see the instruction.

0:30:46.777,0:30:48.243
You might say, "Well, that was

0:30:48.243,0:30:50.198
just the 12," but He actually gave

0:30:50.198,0:30:53.685
the same direction to the 70 who represent

0:30:53.685,0:30:57.630
all of the children of Noah, actually.

0:30:57.630,0:31:00.040
What instruction does Jesus give

0:31:00.040,0:31:03.855
in Matthew 9 and verse 37?

0:31:03.855,0:31:05.044
(Lilica) I'll be reading

0:31:05.044,0:31:06.879
from the New King James Version,

0:31:06.879,0:31:09.103
Matthew 9, verse 37:

0:31:17.799,0:31:19.398
(Derek) And would you read on now

0:31:19.398,0:31:20.709
in verse 38 for us?

0:31:20.709,0:31:21.709
(Lilica) Of course:

0:31:28.362,0:31:29.747
(Derek) Okay so, back, Puia,

0:31:29.747,0:31:32.098
to your comment earlier,

0:31:32.098,0:31:34.097
if the harvest is great,

0:31:34.097,0:31:35.446
what does that mean?

0:31:35.446,0:31:38.121
We've got Psalm 126, you read,

0:31:38.121,0:31:39.007
what does it mean

0:31:39.007,0:31:40.483
that the harvest is great?

0:31:40.483,0:31:42.026
(Puia) There are a lot of people

0:31:42.026,0:31:43.965
who are waiting to hear the gospel,

0:31:43.965,0:31:45.262
the good news of Jesus.

0:31:45.262,0:31:47.519
(Derek) Okay, they're waiting to hear,

0:31:47.519,0:31:50.113
but the challenge, Travis,

0:31:50.113,0:31:52.675
the challenge is that the laborers

0:31:52.675,0:31:56.170
are few, and why is that?

0:31:56.170,0:31:59.647
If we're not supposed to sit around idly -

0:31:59.647,0:32:01.389
you know, some people, it looks like

0:32:01.389,0:32:03.406
they're just trying to stay out of trouble

0:32:03.406,0:32:05.204
until Jesus comes,

0:32:05.204,0:32:06.859
but actually that's the best way

0:32:06.859,0:32:09.046
to get into trouble, isn't it?

0:32:09.046,0:32:11.188
You've told me in your testimony, "If you

0:32:11.188,0:32:13.791
want to see God work in miraculous ways,

0:32:13.791,0:32:15.758
get involved in His work," right?

0:32:15.758,0:32:17.158
Get involved in mission.

0:32:17.158,0:32:20.329
Why are the laborers few, Travis?

0:32:20.329,0:32:22.941
(Travis) You know, Derek, I think,

0:32:22.941,0:32:24.829
and I don't want to speak for everybody

0:32:24.829,0:32:28.286
or try to point out anyone's issues, but I

0:32:28.286,0:32:30.966
believe that we've become distracted.

0:32:30.966,0:32:33.359
I think it's interesting, in John,

0:32:33.359,0:32:35.556
chapter 4, Jesus says something similar.

0:32:35.556,0:32:38.269
He says, "You say there are four months

0:32:38.269,0:32:41.155
and then come the harvest, but I tell you,

0:32:41.155,0:32:43.136
lift up your eyes and look

0:32:43.136,0:32:45.953
because the fields are already white

0:32:45.953,0:32:47.094
for the harvest."

0:32:47.094,0:32:50.686
I think the instruction of Jesus

0:32:50.686,0:32:52.347
is to look because He was using

0:32:52.347,0:32:54.026
the fields, and it generally takes

0:32:54.026,0:32:55.300
about three to four months

0:32:55.300,0:32:56.325
for any crop to grow,

0:32:56.325,0:32:58.045
whether it's beans or corn.

0:32:58.045,0:33:00.518
And so, when the disciples looked out

0:33:00.518,0:33:02.112
over the field, they're like,

0:33:02.112,0:33:04.468
"Actually, we're just planting.

0:33:04.468,0:33:05.819
There's nothing to harvest."

0:33:05.819,0:33:07.587
But Jesus is saying to them,

0:33:07.587,0:33:10.043
"It may not look like there's a harvest,

0:33:10.043,0:33:11.618
but there's a harvest."

0:33:11.618,0:33:13.353
So maybe some of the problem

0:33:13.353,0:33:15.745
is we don't even think there's a harvest

0:33:15.745,0:33:17.879
in the area, but Jesus says there is.

0:33:17.879,0:33:20.465
We need to be intentional about looking

0:33:20.465,0:33:24.495
and praying for that harvest opportunity.

0:33:24.495,0:33:25.757
(Derek) Thank you, Travis.

0:33:25.757,0:33:27.326
You used the word "distraction."

0:33:27.326,0:33:29.331
John, I'm going to ask you to read for us

0:33:29.331,0:33:31.653
the passage that Travis alluded to

0:33:31.653,0:33:33.286
in John, chapter 4,

0:33:33.286,0:33:35.470
beginning with verse 34.

0:33:35.470,0:33:37.949
It's a beautiful passage about Jesus

0:33:37.949,0:33:39.495
interacting with someone

0:33:39.495,0:33:40.958
that His disciples don't

0:33:40.958,0:33:43.412
even want to talk to,

0:33:43.412,0:33:45.546
but God is going to use this woman

0:33:45.546,0:33:49.338
at the well to impact a whole city.

0:33:49.338,0:33:52.130
But let's look at what Jesus said.

0:33:52.130,0:33:53.410
Travis alluded to it

0:33:53.410,0:33:55.995
in his earlier comment.

0:33:55.995,0:33:58.402
(John) John, chapter 4, verses 34 to 38,

0:33:58.402,0:34:01.250
from the English Standard[br]Version, it says:

0:34:44.737,0:34:46.999
(Derek) What is the outcome, Pedro,

0:34:46.999,0:34:48.640
when we join the Lord

0:34:48.640,0:34:50.285
of the harvest in this work?

0:34:50.285,0:34:52.393
We're not just waiting around, right?

0:34:52.393,0:34:55.841
Fully surrendered to Him, enjoying

0:34:55.841,0:34:58.256
the beauty of His presence, right,

0:34:58.256,0:35:01.173
like a weaned child with its parent,

0:35:01.173,0:35:03.813
but what do we experience when we join

0:35:03.813,0:35:05.116
the Lord of the harvest...?

0:35:05.116,0:35:06.993
(Pedro) Joy, I went back to the Psalms.

0:35:06.993,0:35:08.433
We experience joy in the Lord.

0:35:08.433,0:35:09.859
It is the most amazing thing

0:35:09.859,0:35:11.375
to see someone accepting

0:35:11.375,0:35:13.166
Jesus in their life.

0:35:13.166,0:35:14.695
And I can share, for myself,

0:35:14.695,0:35:17.911
I'm addicted to Bible studies...

0:35:17.911,0:35:19.751
(Derek) Not just your own Bible study,

0:35:19.751,0:35:21.864
you're saying, but sharing with others?

0:35:21.864,0:35:23.298
(Pedro) Studying with someone.

0:35:23.298,0:35:26.603
I tell people, I don't give Bible studies,[br]I study the Bible with them

0:35:26.603,0:35:28.183
because there is something always

0:35:28.183,0:35:30.191
for me there that God is convicting me of

0:35:30.191,0:35:31.953
because I'm still growing in Christ.

0:35:31.953,0:35:33.590
But looking into this aspect here,

0:35:33.590,0:35:35.407
many people say, "The Bible says that,

0:35:35.407,0:35:36.826
but why is it not happening?"

0:35:36.826,0:35:38.836
And I have a little garden in my backyard,

0:35:38.836,0:35:40.825
and with some plants I have to use

0:35:40.825,0:35:42.630
a little cutter to make sure I get

0:35:42.630,0:35:45.508
the vegetables out of it.

0:35:45.508,0:35:47.518
And the other ones I have to use my hand.

0:35:47.518,0:35:50.135
Maybe we need to ask God, "Can You use me

0:35:50.135,0:35:52.073
as the right tool?" or make ourselves

0:35:52.073,0:35:54.256
available to be the right tool,

0:35:54.256,0:35:56.248
because we always want to do the same way

0:35:56.248,0:35:58.015
for different people.

0:35:58.015,0:35:59.029
He says no; God says,

0:35:59.029,0:36:00.874
"Let Me work through you."

0:36:00.874,0:36:02.042
There are different ways

0:36:02.042,0:36:03.489
that we can [share] Christ,

0:36:03.489,0:36:05.212
but the best way is Christ's method.

0:36:05.212,0:36:07.032
(Derek) So, I'm going to pause and ask

0:36:07.032,0:36:08.321
if there's someone that has

0:36:08.321,0:36:11.405
a joyful testimony of joining the Lord

0:36:11.405,0:36:13.488
in His harvest work.

0:36:13.488,0:36:15.513
And we're not all going to hold

0:36:15.513,0:36:17.292
a big series of meetings, right?

0:36:17.292,0:36:18.956
There are lots of ways that we

0:36:18.956,0:36:22.250
can share the love of God with someone.

0:36:22.250,0:36:26.229
John, tell us a time you experienced joy,

0:36:26.229,0:36:29.049
not just waiting around, right,

0:36:29.049,0:36:30.656
but waiting on the Lord

0:36:30.656,0:36:33.809
and working while you wait.

0:36:33.809,0:36:34.920
(John) There was a lady

0:36:34.920,0:36:36.953
who grew up in the church, but left

0:36:36.953,0:36:39.120
the church during the teenage years

0:36:39.120,0:36:40.936
and went through some difficult times

0:36:40.936,0:36:42.246
because of an accident.

0:36:42.246,0:36:43.774
But she was shopping at Giant's,

0:36:43.774,0:36:46.167
and she came across the church that was

0:36:46.167,0:36:48.640
right next to the shopping complex,

0:36:48.640,0:36:50.319
and she walked into the church.

0:36:50.319,0:36:52.212
And so, long story short,

0:36:52.212,0:36:54.953
I introduced myself to her; a friend and I

0:36:54.953,0:36:56.370
began studying with her,

0:36:56.370,0:36:58.627
and she eventually got baptized.

0:36:58.627,0:36:59.980
And then I will never forget

0:36:59.980,0:37:01.270
what she told me on the day

0:37:01.270,0:37:02.707
she was baptized.

0:37:02.707,0:37:05.201
She said, "I am here because of you."

0:37:05.201,0:37:06.953
Of course, it was the Holy Spirit...

0:37:06.953,0:37:08.863
(Derek) But God gives the people, right?

0:37:08.863,0:37:11.383
(John) And that was so meaningful to me.

0:37:11.383,0:37:12.779
(Derek) And how did you feel?

0:37:12.779,0:37:14.622
(John) Joyful.

0:37:14.622,0:37:16.342
(Derek) Right. We rejoice.

0:37:16.342,0:37:19.250
The sower and the reaper rejoice together.

0:37:19.250,0:37:20.180
Puia, can you think

0:37:20.180,0:37:22.201
of a joyful experience?

0:37:22.201,0:37:24.889
(Puia) Recently we had a revival

0:37:24.889,0:37:27.140
camp meeting in Pennsylvania

0:37:27.140,0:37:29.973
with a youth group from the church.

0:37:29.973,0:37:31.428
And my heart was very burdened

0:37:31.428,0:37:33.450
looking at our young people of the church.

0:37:33.450,0:37:35.629
Many of them seemed disinterested.

0:37:35.629,0:37:37.381
They came just because their parents

0:37:37.381,0:37:38.718
asked them to come.

0:37:38.718,0:37:40.699
But I asked the Lord, I said,

0:37:40.699,0:37:42.347
"God, I cannot bear this burden.

0:37:42.347,0:37:44.711
You have to do something here."

0:37:44.711,0:37:45.959
And as we labored together

0:37:45.959,0:37:48.346
with our other team, the youth leaders,

0:37:48.346,0:37:50.240
and as we studied the Bible,

0:37:50.240,0:37:53.870
at the end of the meeting, the youth

0:37:53.870,0:37:56.154
started sharing their testimonies

0:37:56.154,0:37:58.236
and how the messages landed.

0:37:58.236,0:37:59.779
One of them came to me and said,

0:37:59.779,0:38:01.586
"Pastor, I got what you were

0:38:01.586,0:38:03.621
trying to say; thank you

0:38:03.621,0:38:04.967
for sharing that with me."

0:38:04.967,0:38:07.268
And when you see the lightbulbs

0:38:07.268,0:38:09.105
coming into their eyes, and, you know,

0:38:09.105,0:38:11.173
you see the wheels turning in their heads

0:38:11.173,0:38:12.924
when they're starting to understand,

0:38:12.924,0:38:14.699
"Oh, this is how God wants

0:38:14.699,0:38:17.126
to reveal Himself to us," there is

0:38:17.126,0:38:18.673
no better feeling in the world

0:38:18.673,0:38:22.365
than knowing that God is using you

0:38:22.365,0:38:24.045
to bring people to Him.

0:38:24.045,0:38:25.408
(Derek) So, for those of you

0:38:25.408,0:38:27.075
sitting on the front row, Puia was

0:38:27.075,0:38:29.168
smiling while he was saying that, right?

0:38:29.168,0:38:30.879
Leeah, I want to ask you a question,

0:38:30.879,0:38:32.026
then I'll come to Nancy.

0:38:32.026,0:38:34.402
Leeah, you've shared in various programs

0:38:34.402,0:38:37.761
that you lead worship music, right?

0:38:37.761,0:38:41.295
You sing; that's a gift God's given you.

0:38:41.295,0:38:44.060
Can you think of a time when you

0:38:44.060,0:38:47.216
were working while you wait, so to speak?

0:38:47.216,0:38:49.625
You were using your gift, leading music,

0:38:49.625,0:38:51.552
and you saw God work, and it

0:38:51.552,0:38:54.736
brought joy to your heart?

0:38:54.736,0:38:56.896
(Leeah) Yeah, in fact there are

0:38:56.896,0:39:00.270
many instances of that.

0:39:00.270,0:39:02.383
I was leading worship a few weeks ago,

0:39:02.383,0:39:05.925
and it was a song I didn't know very well.

0:39:05.925,0:39:07.931
It was a song I wasn't quite confident in,

0:39:07.931,0:39:09.594
and I wasn't quite sure that it was

0:39:09.594,0:39:13.371
actually resonating with people.

0:39:13.371,0:39:15.344
So, I tried my best.

0:39:15.344,0:39:16.658
You know, I asked the Lord

0:39:16.658,0:39:18.748
to strengthen me, to produce

0:39:18.748,0:39:19.835
some sort of message.

0:39:19.835,0:39:22.271
And I saw a man in the back of the church,

0:39:22.271,0:39:26.296
the only person in the sanctuary

0:39:26.296,0:39:28.827
who had his arms raised in worship.

0:39:28.827,0:39:30.245
And I was so thankful

0:39:30.245,0:39:33.118
that in my moment of inadequacy,

0:39:33.118,0:39:35.561
it seemed to land with someone.

0:39:35.561,0:39:36.843
There have been many times

0:39:36.843,0:39:38.309
that I have been singing

0:39:38.309,0:39:40.920
for different events or whatever,

0:39:40.920,0:39:44.222
and there is almost a darkness.

0:39:44.222,0:39:47.293
It almost seems too hard to do,

0:39:47.293,0:39:49.684
like there's a spiritual darkness

0:39:49.684,0:39:51.386
that happens, and it almost becomes

0:39:51.386,0:39:53.518
physically difficult to sing praises

0:39:53.518,0:39:55.524
to the Lord, but God has

0:39:55.524,0:39:56.999
always helped me overcome that.

0:39:56.999,0:39:58.756
And there are always people that are

0:39:58.756,0:40:00.396
blessed through the gift of music,

0:40:00.396,0:40:02.052
so I'm grateful for that.

0:40:02.052,0:40:03.319
(Derek) So that reminds us

0:40:03.319,0:40:04.523
of the Great Controversy.

0:40:04.523,0:40:06.197
And by the way, in a previous study

0:40:06.197,0:40:07.644
John led, this raising hands

0:40:07.644,0:40:09.305
is really worshiping God,

0:40:09.305,0:40:10.618
isn't it, honoring God.

0:40:10.618,0:40:14.174
And one person in the back, a man,

0:40:14.174,0:40:15.283
God was speaking to him

0:40:15.283,0:40:17.226
through that music, and, Leeah, I saw

0:40:17.226,0:40:19.157
by your smile that you experienced joy.

0:40:19.157,0:40:21.968
Oh, excuse me, Nancy first and then Tendi.

0:40:21.968,0:40:26.509
(Nancy) So, this has to do with waiting

0:40:26.509,0:40:28.802
on the Lord and then also God

0:40:28.802,0:40:30.814
turning things around for us.

0:40:30.814,0:40:32.540
My husband was building a fence

0:40:32.540,0:40:33.909
for around our house.

0:40:33.909,0:40:35.624
This was when our kids were younger.

0:40:35.624,0:40:37.016
And there was this one piece

0:40:37.016,0:40:40.228
that maybe was from that desk to here

0:40:40.228,0:40:41.998
that needed to be filled in,

0:40:41.998,0:40:43.889
so he had a post there.

0:40:43.889,0:40:45.614
He talked to the neighbor because we

0:40:45.614,0:40:48.468
wanted to connect to the neighbor's fence,

0:40:48.468,0:40:50.078
and we just needed to connect

0:40:50.078,0:40:51.414
from our post to theirs,

0:40:51.414,0:40:52.397
and then we're done

0:40:52.397,0:40:54.187
because my kids wanted to have a dog.

0:40:54.187,0:40:56.272
So, my husband went

0:40:56.272,0:40:57.589
and talked to the neighbor,

0:40:57.589,0:40:59.491
and he said, "Sure, no problem."

0:40:59.491,0:41:01.512
Unbeknownst to us, his wife

0:41:01.512,0:41:03.221
didn't want that to happen,

0:41:03.221,0:41:07.572
and so we couldn't finish.

0:41:07.572,0:41:12.154
So eventually we started praying about it,

0:41:12.154,0:41:14.082
and so we just, like, every day

0:41:14.082,0:41:15.791
we're going to pray about it.

0:41:15.791,0:41:18.615
And so, my husband was praying,

0:41:18.615,0:41:20.113
"Oh, please change the heart

0:41:20.113,0:41:22.730
of our neighbor's wife;

0:41:22.730,0:41:25.672
it's for our kids..."

0:41:25.672,0:41:28.893
And I even went over there

0:41:28.893,0:41:30.183
and talked to her, and, no,

0:41:30.183,0:41:31.283
she wasn't having it.

0:41:31.283,0:41:33.075
And I'm like, "What is the problem?"

0:41:33.075,0:41:34.568
We kept praying and praying.

0:41:34.568,0:41:37.425
And then, as I went over and talked

0:41:37.425,0:41:39.481
to her again, I realized,

0:41:39.481,0:41:42.134
"Oh, they have needs; let's pray."

0:41:42.134,0:41:43.184
So, it changed us,

0:41:43.184,0:41:44.551
then we started praying

0:41:44.551,0:41:46.985
about what needs they had,

0:41:46.985,0:41:48.671
what concerns they had.

0:41:48.671,0:41:51.931
And it totally changed...instead...

0:41:51.931,0:41:53.803
(Derek) So, waiting on the Lord

0:41:53.803,0:41:55.843
to direct your path changed the way

0:41:55.843,0:41:57.743
you were thinking about the situation.

0:41:57.743,0:41:59.058
(Nancy) And then my husband

0:41:59.058,0:42:02.668
starting praying that God

0:42:02.668,0:42:05.818
would bring her to our house to talk

0:42:05.818,0:42:07.710
about the situation, and I'm like,

0:42:07.710,0:42:10.636
"How is He going to answer that?!"

0:42:10.636,0:42:13.664
It happened; she came to our house

0:42:13.664,0:42:17.966
to tell us that it was okay.

0:42:17.966,0:42:19.161
(Derek) So, God is good.

0:42:19.161,0:42:21.081
But He changed the way you thought.

0:42:21.081,0:42:21.791
(Nancy) Yes!

0:42:21.791,0:42:23.349
(Derek) That was very practical.

0:42:23.349,0:42:25.228
I never thought of waiting on the Lord

0:42:25.228,0:42:26.190
and fences and dogs.

0:42:26.190,0:42:28.358
I mean, pretty practical, right,

0:42:28.358,0:42:29.484
about learning to wait.

0:42:29.484,0:42:31.727
Thank you for sharing that. Tendi.

0:42:31.727,0:42:33.429
(Tendi) So, growing up, I was

0:42:33.429,0:42:37.289
a very shy person, and I had a good voice,

0:42:37.289,0:42:42.153
but at my home church I was considered

0:42:42.153,0:42:44.258
one of the background singers.

0:42:44.258,0:42:46.366
When I moved to the U.S., I asked the Lord

0:42:46.366,0:42:48.424
to give me a voice where I could

0:42:48.424,0:42:51.063
minister for Him, but I was still shy.

0:42:51.063,0:42:52.811
The first solo I sang was

0:42:52.811,0:42:55.334
at our wedding (with Scott)

0:42:55.334,0:42:56.887
as my vows to him.

0:42:56.887,0:42:59.618
And ever since then, I have been singing

0:42:59.618,0:43:02.373
in a way that people come to me and say

0:43:02.373,0:43:03.807
they have been touched.

0:43:03.807,0:43:04.887
They have been moved,

0:43:04.887,0:43:06.350
that I should sing more often.

0:43:06.350,0:43:08.097
So, I just want to praise God...

0:43:08.097,0:43:09.705
(Derek) That's courageous to have

0:43:09.705,0:43:11.536
the first solo at your wedding, right?

0:43:11.536,0:43:12.904
Well, we want to move on

0:43:12.904,0:43:15.937
to actually something that's in the title

0:43:15.937,0:43:20.069
of our program, Hope <i>Sabbath</i> School,

0:43:20.069,0:43:23.991
because the Sabbath is a time when we can

0:43:23.991,0:43:26.748
rest in the Lord while we wait.

0:43:26.748,0:43:29.219
And I want to look at two verses

0:43:29.219,0:43:31.143
that may be very familiar to some

0:43:31.143,0:43:32.360
but not to others.

0:43:32.360,0:43:34.815
Jason, if you could read Mark,

0:43:34.815,0:43:37.518
chapter 2, for us, and verse 28.

0:43:37.518,0:43:38.932
Jesus is speaking.

0:43:38.932,0:43:40.389
(Jason) Right, and I'm reading

0:43:40.389,0:43:41.912
from the New King James Version,

0:43:41.912,0:43:42.829
and the Bible says:

0:43:47.548,0:43:49.402
(Derek) Now, someone maybe is watching

0:43:49.402,0:43:50.353
Hope Sabbath School,

0:43:50.353,0:43:52.054
maybe you're watching, and you say,

0:43:52.054,0:43:54.262
"I don't know this Hope Sabbath/Sunday[br]School,"

0:43:54.262,0:43:56.264
you know, "I don't know the word Sabbath."

0:43:56.264,0:43:58.578
So, it's like a Sunday School, but Sabbath

0:43:58.578,0:44:00.366
is actually found

0:44:00.366,0:44:01.760
throughout all the Scripture.

0:44:01.760,0:44:03.362
I still remember one gentleman

0:44:03.362,0:44:04.552
who actually came here

0:44:04.552,0:44:06.050
watching Hope Sabbath School,

0:44:06.050,0:44:08.084
and he said, "I started reading the Bible,

0:44:08.084,0:44:09.593
and it's like Sabbath, Sabbath,

0:44:09.593,0:44:12.568
Sabbath, Sabbath, Sabbath," right?

0:44:12.568,0:44:14.865
Where in the commandments

0:44:14.865,0:44:17.982
is this conversation about the Sabbath?

0:44:17.982,0:44:20.410
Heide, can you...There are

0:44:20.410,0:44:21.614
ten commandments, right?

0:44:21.614,0:44:22.857
We know we shouldn't kill,

0:44:22.857,0:44:24.387
we shouldn't steal,

0:44:24.387,0:44:27.199
we shouldn't commit adultery.

0:44:27.199,0:44:28.391
Where is that commandment

0:44:28.391,0:44:30.063
that speaks about the Sabbath,

0:44:30.063,0:44:33.453
and interestingly the first word

0:44:33.453,0:44:35.971
in that commandment is rather significant.

0:44:35.971,0:44:36.852
Would you read...?

0:44:36.852,0:44:38.949
(Heide) So, yeah, absolutely, so it's

0:44:38.949,0:44:40.263
in the fourth commandment.

0:44:40.263,0:44:42.796
And it's kind of like right in the center,

0:44:42.796,0:44:45.291
in the core of the Ten Commandments,

0:44:45.291,0:44:47.872
and I will gladly read it; I'll be reading

0:44:47.872,0:44:49.924
from the New King James Version,

0:44:49.924,0:44:55.477
and it's Exodus 20, verses 8 through 11.

0:44:55.477,0:44:58.277
And the first word, which you asked,[br]is "remember":

0:45:38.769,0:45:40.230
(Derek) Now, some people think

0:45:40.230,0:45:41.491
Sabbath day of rest means

0:45:41.491,0:45:43.113
you sleep all day, but that's not

0:45:43.113,0:45:44.655
what it talks about, right?

0:45:44.655,0:45:46.080
We want to go to worship.

0:45:46.080,0:45:48.382
We rest in the Lord in the worship,

0:45:48.382,0:45:50.838
but Jesus also taught that it's good

0:45:50.838,0:45:53.021
to do good on the Sabbath.

0:45:53.021,0:45:55.107
So, I have a practical question.

0:45:55.107,0:45:56.285
Raise your hand.

0:45:56.285,0:46:00.128
The practical question is, how do I know

0:46:00.128,0:46:03.597
when this work is something

0:46:03.597,0:46:05.316
that should wait for Sunday, Monday,

0:46:05.316,0:46:07.283
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

0:46:07.283,0:46:09.293
or when it's something that would be good

0:46:09.293,0:46:11.183
to do on the Sabbath

0:46:11.183,0:46:13.205
because it's good to do good?

0:46:13.205,0:46:15.373
How do I distinguish, anybody,

0:46:15.373,0:46:19.070
between what should wait for another day

0:46:19.070,0:46:22.330
and what would be good to do

0:46:22.330,0:46:25.043
on the Sabbath? Pedro?

0:46:25.043,0:46:28.003
(Pedro) I look into the principle[br]of the Bible.

0:46:28.003,0:46:31.454
Jesus shows the aspect of need for others,

0:46:31.454,0:46:33.488
you know, if I'm doing anything for others

0:46:33.488,0:46:35.491
on the Sabbath, it's a good rule of saying

0:46:35.491,0:46:37.123
this is good to do on the Sabbath.

0:46:37.123,0:46:38.958
Now, you ask us, can I

0:46:38.958,0:46:40.290
do this in a few days?

0:46:40.290,0:46:41.808
Can I plan ahead on this?

0:46:41.808,0:46:43.841
It says, yes, you should plan things ahead

0:46:43.841,0:46:44.842
so you can spend time

0:46:44.842,0:46:47.004
[worshiping] with others and Scripture

0:46:47.004,0:46:49.050
and spending time with the Lord.

0:46:49.050,0:46:51.276
But if you have an emergency,

0:46:51.276,0:46:53.218
as Jesus comes to the Pharisee and says,

0:46:53.218,0:46:55.057
you know, if you have an [ox] that is

0:46:55.057,0:46:56.469
stuck [in a ditch], would you

0:46:56.469,0:46:57.988
just not do anything?

0:46:57.988,0:46:59.913
And I can share that one time

0:46:59.913,0:47:02.660
I was out at the church, and there was

0:47:02.660,0:47:05.083
this member who had a car problem.

0:47:05.083,0:47:08.136
He forgot his key inside the car running.

0:47:08.136,0:47:11.312
Now, we had to run to get a tool

0:47:11.312,0:47:14.719
to open his door so he could go back home

0:47:14.719,0:47:16.610
and obviously not have the car

0:47:16.610,0:47:18.939
running all day in the parking lot.

0:47:18.939,0:47:20.459
(Derek) So, you would see that,

0:47:20.459,0:47:22.671
like the ox stuck in the ditch.

0:47:22.671,0:47:24.263
Jesus also used that when He

0:47:24.263,0:47:25.613
talked about <i>healing</i> someone

0:47:25.613,0:47:27.297
on the Sabbath, right?

0:47:27.297,0:47:29.083
Because it's good to do...?

0:47:29.083,0:47:30.003
(Derek, Team) Good.

0:47:30.003,0:47:31.638
(Derek) ...on the Sabbath, right,

0:47:31.638,0:47:32.931
so there was a distinction.

0:47:32.931,0:47:35.660
Someone else. Lilica, how do[br]we distinguish?

0:47:35.660,0:47:38.064
There might be a time when God says,

0:47:38.064,0:47:40.910
"Lilica, do it now. Do it today.

0:47:40.910,0:47:42.355
It's Sabbath, but it's good

0:47:42.355,0:47:43.967
to do this good thing."

0:47:43.967,0:47:45.153
(Lilica) Well, the Lord

0:47:45.153,0:47:46.723
does not contradict Himself,

0:47:46.723,0:47:48.989
and He that gave the Law gave

0:47:48.989,0:47:50.809
the principles or ways,

0:47:50.809,0:47:52.739
as we have mentioned.

0:47:52.739,0:47:53.773
He said what to do

0:47:53.773,0:47:55.393
or not do on the Sabbath.

0:47:55.393,0:47:57.193
Of course, it's not everything,

0:47:57.193,0:48:01.506
but we have general principles to follow.

0:48:01.506,0:48:04.027
And in case of doubt, we can

0:48:04.027,0:48:05.764
always go to Him and say, "Lord,

0:48:05.764,0:48:07.469
I want to honor You.

0:48:07.469,0:48:10.033
I really have this desire of honoring You.

0:48:10.033,0:48:11.779
What do You say?"

0:48:11.779,0:48:13.357
(Derek) Alright, so I could ask.

0:48:13.357,0:48:15.855
I came home from church, actually, Pedro,

0:48:15.855,0:48:17.932
and someone next door was sitting

0:48:17.932,0:48:23.033
with the hood of his car

0:48:23.033,0:48:24.696
(we call that a bonnet in England,

0:48:24.696,0:48:27.105
so I had to remember to get it right),

0:48:27.105,0:48:28.531
but the hood of his car open,

0:48:28.531,0:48:29.590
and he was looking in.

0:48:29.590,0:48:31.938
Now, you have to know that most people,

0:48:31.938,0:48:35.551
especially us men, even if we know nothing

0:48:35.551,0:48:37.293
about the engine, we still look

0:48:37.293,0:48:40.581
inside there, hoping we can find[br]some help.

0:48:40.581,0:48:43.210
Well, I just came home from church,

0:48:43.210,0:48:45.245
and he was next door -

0:48:45.245,0:48:47.213
a Christian gentleman -

0:48:47.213,0:48:49.493
next door, he was looking, and I

0:48:49.493,0:48:52.062
went over to him, and I said,

0:48:52.062,0:48:53.536
"Michael, what's the problem?"

0:48:53.536,0:48:58.450
He said, "My battery is dead."

0:48:58.450,0:49:00.628
And I said to him, "Well, I have

0:49:00.628,0:49:03.582
jumper cables right here in my car.

0:49:03.582,0:49:06.643
I'm happy to just hook them up for you."

0:49:06.643,0:49:10.464
And he said, "Oh, I wasn't going to ask

0:49:10.464,0:49:14.810
because I know it's your Sabbath."

0:49:14.810,0:49:16.274
And I said, "Well, Jesus said,

0:49:16.274,0:49:17.440
'It's good to do good.'"

0:49:17.440,0:49:19.423
Now, if he had said, "Would you help me,"

0:49:19.423,0:49:20.981
you know, "paint my car,"

0:49:20.981,0:49:22.922
or, "do some body work where I

0:49:22.922,0:49:26.131
just dented the side of my car," right,

0:49:26.131,0:49:28.885
but maybe he needed to do something.

0:49:28.885,0:49:31.467
But I like what Lilica said, and that is,

0:49:31.467,0:49:33.169
we can pray and say, "God,

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is this something that I could say,

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'I'll come by on Monday,'

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or is it something

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that I should do today?"

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Did anyone want to share a testimony?

0:49:43.330,0:49:45.346
Because we want to, certainly, rest

0:49:45.346,0:49:47.335
in the Lord on the Sabbath, but we

0:49:47.335,0:49:50.195
also can work while we wait?

0:49:50.195,0:49:52.727
Can you share a time when you were

0:49:52.727,0:49:54.403
resting in the Lord on the Sabbath,

0:49:54.403,0:49:55.825
but you were also involved

0:49:55.825,0:49:59.325
in serving others in a meaningful way?

0:49:59.325,0:50:02.464
Anybody? I want to give an opportunity.

0:50:02.464,0:50:04.962
Heide, I see you waving over there.

0:50:04.962,0:50:07.084
A time that was meaningful to you,

0:50:07.084,0:50:10.505
and you say, "Well, going to church

0:50:10.505,0:50:14.803
is wonderful, singing hymns is wonderful,

0:50:14.803,0:50:17.744
praying is wonderful, but doing good

0:50:17.744,0:50:19.429
in Jesus' name on the Sabbath

0:50:19.429,0:50:22.852
is also wonderful," share your story.

0:50:22.852,0:50:25.317
(Heide) So, I went to a church

0:50:25.317,0:50:28.366
where on one Sabbath of the month

0:50:28.366,0:50:30.013
they would go and they would feed

0:50:30.013,0:50:32.278
the homeless, and that entailed

0:50:32.278,0:50:34.364
a lot of work because we actually went

0:50:34.364,0:50:36.212
to an area that was

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a ways from our church.

0:50:38.101,0:50:40.426
And we had to take tables, chairs.

0:50:40.426,0:50:42.544
We had to preplan the meal

0:50:42.544,0:50:45.181
and prepare the meal and bring

0:50:45.181,0:50:49.082
plates and utensils and all the things.

0:50:49.082,0:50:50.618
But once a month we would go,

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and we would do that,

0:50:51.638,0:50:53.206
and we would talk with them,

0:50:53.206,0:50:55.964
mingle with them while we served the food

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and while they ate.

0:50:56.905,0:50:59.286
And sometimes we would eat with them.

0:50:59.286,0:51:01.889
And that was something that we did

0:51:01.889,0:51:03.454
where I would feel happy

0:51:03.454,0:51:06.226
because I like going to church, and Jesus

0:51:06.226,0:51:08.702
gave that example very clearly,[br]that that's something

0:51:08.702,0:51:10.313
we do on the Sabbath.

0:51:10.313,0:51:13.362
But I also like, you know, to get outside

0:51:13.362,0:51:15.535
of the four walls of the church.

0:51:15.535,0:51:18.816
He called us to go, and I liked that,

0:51:18.816,0:51:21.764
because it was a way that we could go,

0:51:21.764,0:51:25.374
and we could minister to others.

0:51:25.374,0:51:27.793
On another occasion, I remember

0:51:27.793,0:51:31.392
that we went door to door, inviting

0:51:31.392,0:51:33.098
families to a fun event our church

0:51:33.098,0:51:33.986
was going to have,

0:51:33.986,0:51:37.684
but at every house we would also ask,

0:51:37.684,0:51:38.711
"Can we pray for you?

0:51:38.711,0:51:39.913
Is there something we can

0:51:39.913,0:51:40.868
pray about for you?"

0:51:40.868,0:51:42.536
And I was really surprised that all

0:51:42.536,0:51:45.429
these people just started opening up,

0:51:45.429,0:51:47.381
even people you wouldn't have thought

0:51:47.381,0:51:48.394
would have opened up.

0:51:48.394,0:51:50.074
They would be like, "Oh, yes, pray

0:51:50.074,0:51:54.352
for my family," "Pray for my sibling,"

0:51:54.352,0:51:55.849
"Pray for my child."

0:51:55.849,0:51:59.848
And I remember feeling just so satisfied

0:51:59.848,0:52:02.434
at the end of that day and that event,

0:52:02.434,0:52:04.639
coming back and having prayed for people.

0:52:04.639,0:52:05.987
(Derek) Beautiful, joy, joy.

0:52:05.987,0:52:07.934
Well, I want to go to our last section

0:52:07.934,0:52:09.998
and a verse, Nancy, I'd like you

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to read for us in Psalm 30 and verse 5,

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because while we're waiting,

0:52:16.243,0:52:18.854
we're also waiting, in some ways,

0:52:18.854,0:52:20.917
in a valley of tears, aren't we?

0:52:20.917,0:52:23.558
We're waiting in a place where there is

0:52:23.558,0:52:24.948
still this great battle

0:52:24.948,0:52:26.380
between good and evil.

0:52:26.380,0:52:30.314
But there is a hopeful word[br]the psalmist gives

0:52:30.314,0:52:33.563
in Psalm 30 and verse 5.

0:52:33.563,0:52:34.479
(Nancy) I'm reading

0:52:34.479,0:52:37.638
from the New American Standard Bible,[br]and it reads:

0:52:45.141,0:52:47.816
(Derek) I like that translation. Lilica?

0:52:47.816,0:52:51.171
(Lilica) So, I have six points that I took

0:52:51.171,0:52:52.157
from these lessons

0:52:52.157,0:52:53.928
that we have been learning,

0:52:53.928,0:52:56.381
that waiting is excruciating.

0:52:56.381,0:52:58.940
It's painful, depending on how much

0:52:58.940,0:53:00.743
you desire that thing.

0:53:00.743,0:53:04.295
And that we have the desire

0:53:04.295,0:53:07.614
of doing things our own way,

0:53:07.614,0:53:10.444
but in the waiting, it's so precious

0:53:10.444,0:53:12.439
because God takes that time to make us

0:53:12.439,0:53:14.979
do self-examination.

0:53:14.979,0:53:16.101
(Derek) While waiting.

0:53:16.101,0:53:18.078
(Lilica) While we're waiting, it's a time

0:53:18.078,0:53:19.829
of self-examination and preparation.

0:53:19.829,0:53:20.908
So, it's so important,

0:53:20.908,0:53:22.399
but we don't want it

0:53:22.399,0:53:24.824
because we want what we want.

0:53:24.824,0:53:27.845
And in that time, as we go to God,

0:53:27.845,0:53:29.621
as a child goes to the mother

0:53:29.621,0:53:34.340
during weaning, it's a time when we learn

0:53:34.340,0:53:35.777
to trust His promises

0:53:35.777,0:53:38.427
and rely on Him to rest on Him

0:53:38.427,0:53:41.722
and have that faithful assurance

0:53:41.722,0:53:44.862
that the One who promised is faithful.

0:53:44.862,0:53:46.362
One day the joy will come.

0:53:46.362,0:53:48.157
(Derek) So, what' Lilica's says here,

0:53:48.157,0:53:50.793
sometimes the waiting can be excruciating,

0:53:50.793,0:53:52.437
but the promise of joy coming

0:53:52.437,0:53:53.971
in the morning, back to the text

0:53:53.971,0:53:55.817
that you just read, is that talking

0:53:55.817,0:53:57.723
about tomorrow morning?

0:53:57.723,0:54:00.598
Is that talking about sometime[br]in the future?

0:54:00.598,0:54:03.514
Or, Puia, is it talking about...Let's say

0:54:03.514,0:54:05.400
you just lost a loved one,

0:54:05.400,0:54:07.007
how does joy come in the morning?

0:54:07.007,0:54:07.732
Is it talking

0:54:07.732,0:54:09.909
about that great resurrection morning?

0:54:09.909,0:54:11.534
What do you think the text

0:54:11.534,0:54:13.032
is referring to here?

0:54:13.032,0:54:15.472
(Puia) I believe in the biblical sense,[br]it's talking

0:54:15.472,0:54:17.985
about that ultimate resurrection morning

0:54:17.985,0:54:20.622
when God is going to re-create everything.

0:54:20.622,0:54:22.544
And in the context of what we

0:54:22.544,0:54:23.967
have been studying, I believe

0:54:23.967,0:54:26.144
waiting on the Lord can be trusting

0:54:26.144,0:54:28.817
in advance what will only make sense

0:54:28.817,0:54:30.294
when we look back

0:54:30.294,0:54:32.118
from that point in the future.

0:54:32.118,0:54:33.727
(Derek) So, Lilica's pointing out

0:54:33.727,0:54:36.802
that that waiting can be very painful,

0:54:36.802,0:54:40.441
excruciating even, but let's talk

0:54:40.441,0:54:42.772
about losing a loved one.

0:54:42.772,0:54:44.472
Someone here, or someone watching,

0:54:44.472,0:54:46.606
you've lost a loved one.

0:54:46.606,0:54:50.168
It's painful, it's excruciating, to use

0:54:50.168,0:54:52.490
the word that Lilica used,

0:54:52.490,0:54:55.446
but how does your grieving...

0:54:55.446,0:54:56.691
Is there anyone here

0:54:56.691,0:54:58.011
who has lost a loved one?

0:54:58.011,0:55:00.022
John, how does our grieving,

0:55:00.022,0:55:03.125
painful as it is, differ from those

0:55:03.125,0:55:05.751
who've not learned to wait on the Lord?

0:55:05.751,0:55:08.001
(John) I was close to my grandfather,

0:55:08.001,0:55:09.163
but then he passed away.

0:55:09.163,0:55:13.007
He did not believe in Bible truths,

0:55:13.007,0:55:14.669
but on his deathbed he told us

0:55:14.669,0:55:16.550
that if he ever were to walk again,

0:55:16.550,0:55:19.655
he would be baptized.

0:55:19.655,0:55:21.924
And so those were his parting words,

0:55:21.924,0:55:25.259
and so we have that hope that we will

0:55:25.259,0:55:26.974
see him the resurrection morning.

0:55:26.974,0:55:30.247
(Derek) So, the loss was still painful,

0:55:30.247,0:55:31.409
but you believe that joy

0:55:31.409,0:55:33.161
comes in the morning, right?

0:55:33.161,0:55:35.055
Anybody else have a testimony?

0:55:35.055,0:55:36.705
Because we live in a world

0:55:36.705,0:55:38.113
where there is pain,

0:55:38.113,0:55:41.209
where we experience loss.

0:55:41.209,0:55:43.174
Could joy come earlier

0:55:43.174,0:55:44.963
than the great resurrection day

0:55:44.963,0:55:46.410
when Jesus comes?

0:55:46.410,0:55:47.311
(Team) Yes.

0:55:47.311,0:55:48.845
(Derek) Certainly so, right?

0:55:48.845,0:55:50.583
You experience a loss of some kind,

0:55:50.583,0:55:53.378
but joy comes in the morning? Pedro.

0:55:53.378,0:55:54.878
(Pedro) I can relate with John.

0:55:54.878,0:55:56.690
I lost my grandma during the pandemic.

0:55:56.690,0:55:58.372
I was unable to get back to Brazil,

0:55:58.372,0:56:00.008
and she was the one who raised me,

0:56:00.008,0:56:01.418
was a very dear person...

0:56:01.418,0:56:03.898
(Derek) And you weren't able[br]to travel back.

0:56:03.898,0:56:05.251
(Pedro) And there were a lot

0:56:05.251,0:56:06.889
of restrictions during that time,

0:56:06.889,0:56:08.304
so I would not have been able

0:56:08.304,0:56:09.816
to even see her in the hospital

0:56:09.816,0:56:11.865
or even anything in that nature, you know,

0:56:11.865,0:56:13.528
having that last-minute experience.

0:56:13.528,0:56:15.935
I was able to talk to her on FaceTime

0:56:15.935,0:56:18.107
a week prior to that event.

0:56:18.107,0:56:21.841
Now, looking forward to that, I have hope

0:56:21.841,0:56:23.330
in the resurrection by Christ.

0:56:23.330,0:56:25.334
I know that she had Jesus in her heart.

0:56:25.334,0:56:28.141
And that's why I labor to share the gospel

0:56:28.141,0:56:30.169
because I won't only see Jesus,

0:56:30.169,0:56:32.629
but I want to focus and also take time

0:56:32.629,0:56:34.046
to see my grandma

0:56:34.046,0:56:36.230
when the resurrection day happens.

0:56:36.230,0:56:39.443
So, I want to disburse my energy,

0:56:39.443,0:56:41.228
not mourning for her but to say

0:56:41.228,0:56:43.284
I'm looking forward and express[br]my energy...

0:56:43.284,0:56:44.855
(Derek) ...still grieve, but you

0:56:44.855,0:56:46.038
want to focus on helping

0:56:46.038,0:56:47.361
others to be ready.

0:56:47.361,0:56:49.472
I like the translation, not only joy

0:56:49.472,0:56:52.066
comes in the morning but "a shout of joy,"

0:56:52.066,0:56:53.725
New American Standard Bible,

0:56:53.725,0:56:55.641
"A shout of joy comes in the morning."

0:56:55.641,0:56:57.893
Can you imagine, can you imagine

0:56:57.893,0:56:59.785
on that great day?

0:56:59.785,0:57:01.165
But God may give you joy

0:57:01.165,0:57:02.856
tomorrow morning, too, if you learn

0:57:02.856,0:57:05.376
to wait, to rest in Him, as we've studied.

0:57:05.376,0:57:09.172
But that great day, what a shout of joy

0:57:09.172,0:57:10.909
when we are not only with Jesus,

0:57:10.909,0:57:12.508
but with those we love and those

0:57:12.508,0:57:15.431
we've shared the gospel with who have

0:57:15.431,0:57:17.403
chosen to let Jesus save them

0:57:17.403,0:57:19.658
and be part of His eternal kingdom.

0:57:19.658,0:57:21.669
Let's pray that we can experience

0:57:21.669,0:57:23.601
that joy today and look forward

0:57:23.601,0:57:24.795
to that future joy.

0:57:24.795,0:57:26.839
Father in Heaven, You want us

0:57:26.839,0:57:29.674
to rest in You now, to wait on You now,

0:57:29.674,0:57:32.626
to trust in You now, but You also give us

0:57:32.626,0:57:35.041
joy for the present and the future.

0:57:35.041,0:57:37.429
May we rejoice in the joy

0:57:37.429,0:57:39.488
that only comes from You.

0:57:39.488,0:57:42.230
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

0:57:42.230,0:57:43.292
(Team) Amen.

0:57:43.292,0:57:44.763
(Derek) Thanks for joining us

0:57:44.763,0:57:46.273
for this series on <i>The Psalms,</i>

0:57:46.273,0:57:48.451
practical lessons as we live

0:57:48.451,0:57:49.562
in this troubled world,

0:57:49.562,0:57:51.961
but what a joy we have in Jesus.

0:57:51.961,0:57:53.980
Go out and share that good news

0:57:53.980,0:57:55.359
with those around you.

0:57:55.359,0:58:27.868
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